Where does “coqueluche” come from?

coqueluche (Portuguese) comes from French coqueluche, from French coqueluchon, from Italian coccolucio, from Latin cucullus, from Proto-Indo-European kuH-l-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

coqueluche (Portuguese): whooping cough

Definitions

  1. whooping cough

Ancestry of “coqueluche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoqueluchewhooping cough; influenza; craze, bug
2Frenchcoqueluchona kind of monk's cowl or hood
3Italiancoccolucio
4Latincucullusa covering for the head, hood, cowl; a conical...
5Proto-Indo-EuropeankuH-l-
6Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kuH-l-Every word from Latin cucullus
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