-icle
See also: ICLE
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From 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 edit
From Latin -culus (diminutive suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Suffix edit
-icle
- (uncommon, diminutive) Used to form diminutive nouns.