-culus

See also: culus

English

Suffix

-culus

1. Alternative form of -cule (diminutive suffix).

Usage notes

In English this suffix exists only synchronically, as English words that end in -culus (listed below) are borrowed intact from Latin, rather than diachronically being an English root plus an English suffix.

Derived terms

derivable synchronically only

• canaliculus
• colliculus
• flocculus
• fonticulus
• funiculus
• homunculus
• loculus
• monticulus
• oculus
• panniculus
• pediculus
• ranunculus
• sacculus
• surculus
• ventriculus