Feminine

cauda

Meaning

tail (animal appendage)

Opposite of
caput
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkau̯.da]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaudā (“tail”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂u-d-eh₂ (“cleaved, separate”), from *keh₂w-. Compare cūdō (“to beat, hammer”), caudex (“tree trunk, stump”), Lithuanian kuodas (“tuft”).

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