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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

  1. coda; a syllable coda; third-person singular past...

Ancestry of “coda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancodatail; queue; line; coda
2Latincōda—
3LatincaudaA tail
4Proto-Italickaudātail
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →