Where does “genuclum” come from?

genuclum (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin genuculum, from Latin geniculum, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

genuclum (Vulgar Latin): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “genuclum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingenuculumknee
2Latingeniculumknee; little knot
3Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
4Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “genuclum”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelos →Every word from Latin -culus →Every word from Latin geniculum →