taxillus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tā̆kslelos, formally tālus (“a heel; die”) +‎ -illus (“diminutive suffix”). For a similar phonetic development, compare pusillus.

Noun

tāxillus m (genitive tāxillī); second declension

1. a small cube or die

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tāxillus	tāxillī
genitive	tāxillī	tāxillōrum
dative	tāxillō	tāxillīs
accusative	tāxillum	tāxillōs
ablative	tāxillō	tāxillīs
vocative	tāxille	tāxillī

Descendants

• Catalan: teixell
• Galician: teixelo
• Italian: tassello
• Old French: tassel
  • French: tasseau
  • → English: tassel