Where does “cloaca” come from?

cloaca (Portuguese) comes from Latin cloāca — An underground drain, sewer.

cloaca (Portuguese): cloaca excretory and genital duct in bird, reptiles and fish

Definitions

  1. cloaca excretory and genital duct in bird, reptiles and fish

Ancestry of “cloaca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincloācaAn underground drain, sewer

Words derived from “cloaca

Every word from Latin cloāca