coqueluche

French

noun
Definitions
  • (pathology) whooping cough
  • (obsolete) influenza
  • (figurative) craze, bug something that "sweeps the nation"
  • (obsolete) coqueluche hood

Etymology

Derived from Italian coccolucio derived from Latin cucullus (hood, cowl, covering for the head, conical wrapper).

Origin

Latin

cucullus

Gloss

hood, cowl, covering for the head, conical wrapper

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