-icle
See also: ICLE
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.
Suffix
edit-icle
Etymology 2
editFrom Latin -culus (diminutive suffix).
Alternative forms
editSuffix
edit-icle
- (uncommon, diminutive) Used to form diminutive nouns.