Etymology

ossiculum

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Today it means: An ossicle. Full definition →

Latin ossiculum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromossiculum“little bone”
  2. English todayossiculum

Borrowed from Latin ossiculum (“little bone”), from os (“bone”) + -culum, neuter of -culus (diminutive suffix).

Words from the same roots

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