Where does “codardamente” come from?
codardamente (Italian) comes from Italian codardo, from French couard, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda, from Proto-Italic kaudā.
codardamente (Italian): cowardly
Ancestry of “codardamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | codardo | cowardly, namby-pamby, spineless; coward; coward,... |
| 2 | French | couard | cowardly; coward |
| 3 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 4 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 5 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 7 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |