English
caudate
Caudate comes from Medieval Latin caudātus ‘tailed, caudate’, from Latin cauda ‘tail’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *kaudā.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaudā‘tail’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcauda‘tail’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500caudātus‘tailed, caudate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992caudate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaudā‘tail’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcauda‘tail’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500caudātus‘tailed, caudate’
- Englishearliest quotation 1992caudate
Earliest quotation: 1992, Martin E. Feder, Warren W. Burggren: “Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or…”
Linked words
through Latin cauda ‘tail’
Today it means
adj Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *kaudā / caudate