Etymograph

English

bicaudal

Bicaudal comes from Latin cauda ‘tail’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *kaudā.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaudā‘tail’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcauda‘tail’
  3. Englishtodaybicaudal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaudā‘tail’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcauda‘tail’
  3. Englishtodaybicaudal

Formed from bi- + caudal

Proto-Indo-European *dwi- ‘two’

Proto-Italic *dwi- ‘two, bi-, di-’

English bi-

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂udeh₂

Proto-Italic *kaudā ‘tail’

Latin cauda ‘tail’

Latin caudālis ‘having a tail’

English caudal

Linked words

through Latin cauda ‘tail’

queue, cue, cola, coda, 8 more

Today it means

adj Having two tails

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kaudā / bicaudal

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