-culumsuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -culum.

Etymology: < classical Latin -culum (in e.g. ōsculum osculum n.), neuter singular of -culus -culus suffix. Compare -cula suffix.An etymologically distinct classical Latin suffix -culum (in e.g. operculum operculum n.), forming nouns denoting instruments and places, is shown by borrowings such as operculum n., piaculum n., etc.

(Not productive in English.) Occurring in nouns (borrowed from Latin) denoting small structures, as osculum n., tuberculum n., geniculum n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	-culum
释义	-culumsuffix Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin -culum. Etymology: < classical Latin -culum (in e.g. ōsculum osculum n.), neuter singular of -culus -culus suffix. Compare -cula suffix.An etymologically distinct classical Latin suffix -culum (in e.g. operculum operculum n.), forming nouns denoting instruments and places, is shown by borrowings such as operculum n., piaculum n., etc. (Not productive in English.) Occurring in nouns (borrowed from Latin) denoting small structures, as osculum n., tuberculum n., geniculum n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < suffix
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