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Where does “magnicaudate” come from?

magnicaudate (English) comes from English caudate, from Medieval Latin caudatus, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.

magnicaudate (English): Having a long tail

Definitions

  1. Having a long tail

Ancestry of “magnicaudate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaudateTapering into a long, tail-like extension at the...
2Medieval Latincaudatustailed, caudate; lengthened, extended, elongated
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
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