Etymology

-icle

Today it means: Used to form diminutive nouns. Full definition →

Old English ġicel
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-icle · suffix1

  1. Old English · derived fromġicel“icicle, ice”
  2. English today-icle

From a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.

-icle · suffix2

  1. Latin · derived from-culus
  2. English today-icle

From Latin -culus (diminutive suffix).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishġicel all →

eckle

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