Where does “acobardar” come from?

acobardar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cobarde, 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.

acobardar (Portuguese): to frighten

Definitions

  1. to frighten

Ancestry of “acobardar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecobardecowardly; coward
2Frenchcouardcowardly; coward
3Frenchqueuetail; queue, line; cue
4Middle Frenchqueu—
5Old Frenchcuetail
6Vulgar Latincodatail
7LatincaudaA tail
8Proto-Italickaudātail
9Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂udeh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂udeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic kaudā →Every word from Latin cauda →