Words that come from Latin “cuculus”
90 words across 19 languages descend from Latin cuculus — including cuckoo, cuckold, cuckoldry, cuck, cuckoldom, cuckoldy, cuckolder, cuckoldly.
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English (45)
- cuckoo
- cuckold
- cuckoldry
- cuck
- cuckoldom
- cuckoldy
- cuckolder
- cuckoldly
- cuckoopint
- cuckooflower
- cuckooshrike
- cuckoo-dove
- cuckoobud
- cuckoo-hawk
- hawk-cuckoo
- cuckservative
- cuckooness
- cuckoldress
- cuckoldize
- cuckoo-pintle
- rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
- diapercuck
- 4cuck
- Americuck
- Christcuck
- conservacuck
- cryptocuck
- cuckcake
- cuckery
- Cuckistan
- cuckold-maker
- cuckoldee
- cuckolding
- cuckooish
- cuckoolike
- cucktard
- cucky
- Eurocuck
- kuku
- soycuck
- Trumpcuck
- uncuckold
- wagecuck
- wingcuck
- ziocuck