Where does “cloaca” come from?

cloaca (Dutch) comes from Latin cloāca — An underground drain, sewer.

cloaca (Dutch): cloaca duct in certain vertebrates used for reproduction and excreting digestive waste

Definitions

  1. cloaca duct in certain vertebrates used for reproduction and excreting digestive waste

Ancestry of “cloaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincloācaAn underground drain, sewer
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