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-icle en · X · etymology 1

From a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.

(alt-of, alternative, morpheme, rare) Alternative form of -sicle.
alt of -sicle
- brinicle, limicle, rusticle, snoticle

From Latin -culus (diminutive suffix).

(diminutive, morpheme, uncommon) Used to form diminutive nouns.
- thesis + -icle → thesicle

Spelling	Labels	Source
-culus	alternative	lexicographic
-ole	alternative	lexicographic
-culum	alternative	lexicographic
-cule	alternative	lexicographic
-ule	alternative	lexicographic