culet

English

noun

Definitions

(historical) A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
A small, flat face often cut at the base of a brilliant-cut gemstone.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French culet derived from Latin culus (arse, diminutive suffix, ass).

Origin

Latin

culus

Gloss

arse, diminutive suffix, ass

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

culus Latin
kollet Dutch, Flemish
tutu French
culo Spanish, Castilian
*kuH-l- Proto-Indo-European
cul Old French
culet Old French
cur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
cuu Old Portuguese
cur Aromanian
culu Asturian
culu Sicilian
cur Megleno-Romanian