-icle
Alternative form of -sicle.
Suffix alt of, alternative
- Alternative form of -sicle.
- brinicle, limicle, rusticle, snoticle
Origin
From a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.
Suffix diminutive, morpheme
- Used to form diminutive nouns.
- thesis + -icle → thesicle
Synonyms: -cule -ee -el -et -ette -ie -kin -le -let -ling -ole -ule -y mini- micro- nano-
Origin
From Latin -culus (diminutive suffix).