Etymology

ductule

D2U1C3T1U1L1E1

Today it means: Any very small duct, typically lactiferous. Full definition →

New Latin ductulus ← Latin ductus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromductus
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromductulus
  3. English todayductule

From New Latin ductulus, diminutive of Latin ductus. By surface analysis, duct + -ule.

Words from the same roots

Latinductus all →

ductductusductus deferens

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.