Where does “coda” come from?
coda (French) comes from Italian coda, from Latin cōda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂.
coda (French): coda; a syllable coda; third-person singular past...
Definitions
- coda; a syllable coda; third-person singular past...
Ancestry of “coda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | coda | tail; queue; line; coda |
| 2 | Latin | cōda | — |
| 3 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |