planetula

Latin

Alternative forms

• planētulus

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)

Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs)bor.

Latin planēta

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ula

Latin planētula

From planēta (“planet”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Noun

planētula m (genitive planētulae); first declension

1. (New Latin) small planet, minor planet
   • 2004, Reijo Pitkäranta, Novus planetoides inventus [1], Nuntii Latini 27.2.2004

     Planetulam reppererunt uranographi in schola superiore technica Californiae laborantes.

     Astronomers working at the California Institute of Technology discovered the minor planet.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	planētula	planētulae
genitive	planētulae	planētulārum
dative	planētulae	planētulīs
accusative	planētulam	planētulās
ablative	planētulā	planētulīs
vocative	planētula	planētulae

Descendants

• English: planetule

References

• planetula in Ramminger, Johann (8 October 2026 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016