The story
- Latin · borrowed fromcauliculus“little stalk”
- English todaycauliculus
Borrowed from Latin cauliculus (“little stalk”). Doublet of caulicle.
Words from the same roots
Latincauliculus all →
caulicle
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cauliculus
Today it means: In the Corinthian capital, any of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. Full definition →
Latin cauliculus