cucus

French

Adjective

cucus

masculine plural of cucu

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Compare cuculus and Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux). Possibly onomatopoetic also.

Noun

cucus

daw, jackdaw
cuckoo

Descendants

Asturian: cucu
Friulian: cuc
Galician: cuco
Portuguese: cuco

Romanian: cuc
Sicilian: cuccu
Spanish: cuco

References

cucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cucus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
cucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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