Where does “kloak” come from?

kloak (Danish) comes from French cloaque, from Latin cloāca — An underground drain, sewer.

kloak (Danish): a sewer

Definitions

  1. a sewer

Ancestry of “kloak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcloaquecesspool, cesspit; cloaca
2LatincloācaAn underground drain, sewer

Words derived from “kloak”

Every word from Latin cloāca →Every word from French cloaque →