duciculus

Latin

Etymology

Likely dux, ducis (“guide”) +‎ -culus (diminutive ending). Attested in the sixth century.[1]

Pronunciation

(Proto-Italo-Western Romance) IPA^(key): /doˈciklos/
(Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA^(key): /doˈd͡zʲiʎs/

Noun

ducīculus m (genitive ducīculī); second declension (Late Latin)

spigot

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ducīculus	ducīculī
Genitive	ducīculī	ducīculōrum
Dative	ducīculō	ducīculīs
Accusative	ducīculum	ducīculōs
Ablative	ducīculō	ducīculīs
Vocative	ducīcule	ducīculī

Descendants

Old Catalan: duyll
- Catalan: dull, duïll
Old French: doisil, dosil, dusil
- Angevin: douji
- Bourbonnais-Berrichon: douzil, guzi
- Lorrain: duzi
- Poitevin-Saintongeais: dousi
- → Middle Breton: doucil
  - Breton: doulzil
- → Middle English: [Term?]
  - English: dossil
Old Occitan: dozil
- Occitan: dosilh
- → Portuguese: duzil (Barros)

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ducīculus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 172

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