Caudate
/ˈkɔː.deɪt/noun
Having a tail or tail-like appendage.
Did you know?The same Latin root behind caudate also gave us words like “coda” and “caudal,” so music, anatomy, and biology all share the language of a tail.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱewh₂-
“to swell, a knot or tail-like protrusion (reconstructed root behind Latin cauda)”
Latin
Latin
cauda
“tail”
Late Latin
Latin
caudātus
“tailed; having a tail”
Middle English
English
caudat
“tailed; ending in a tail-like shape”
Modern English
English
caudate
“having a tail or tail-like appendage”
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