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-lus etymology
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Latin word -lus comes from Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Etymology of -lus
Detailed word origin of -lus
Dictionary entry
Language
Definition
*-lós
Proto-Indo-European
(ine)
-lus
Latin
(lat)
Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating small size or youth and thus sometimes depreciation.
Words with the same origin as
-lus
Descendants of *-lós
-olus
marem
mari
marito
maritus
vicus