coward
English
/ˈkaʊəd/, /ˈkaʊɚd/
noun
Definitions
- A person who lacks courage.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French coart derived from Latin cauda (tail, a tail).
Origin
Latin
cauda
Gloss
tail, a tail
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
尾
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cowardess English
- cowardish English
- cowardize English
- cowardlily English
- cowardliness English
- cowardly English
- cowardness English
- cowardry English
- cowardship English
- cowardy English
- uncowardly English
- acaulis Latin
- brevicaudus Latin
- cauda Latin
- caudalis Latin
- caudatus Latin
- caudātus Latin
- coda Latin
- cōda Latin
- flavicaudus Latin
- longicaudus Latin
- coda Italian
- couard French
- couardise French
- cobarde Spanish, Castilian
- cauda Portuguese
- cobarde Portuguese
- *cowardli Middle English
- coarder Old French
- coart Old French
- cuard Old French
- kovarda Esperanto
- kaudo Ido
- coue Norman
- covardia Old Portuguese
- Wamwera, Mmwera Swahili
- *kaudā Proto-Italic
- coue Bourguignon
- cueusse Bourguignon
- coa Sardinian
- coa Old Catalan