Where does “cowl” come from?
Cowl comes from Middle English coule, from Old English cūle, from Old French cuve, from Latin cupa, from Latin cucullus, from Proto-Indo-European keu- and keh₂p-.
cowl (English): A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover...
Definitions
- A monk's hood that can be pulled forward to cover...
Ancestry of “cowl”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | coule | — |
| 2 | Old English | cūle | — |
| 3 | Old English | cugele | hood, cowl |
| 4 | Ecclesiastical Latin | cuculla | monk's cowl |
| 5 | Latin | cucullus | a covering for the head, hood, cowl; a conical... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kuH-l- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |
Words derived from “cowl”