Etymology of the English word caudate
the English word
caudatederived from the Latin word
caudatusderived from the New Latin word
cauda (tail; tail; extreme part, tail of anything)
using the Latin suffix
-atusDate
The earliest known usage of caudate in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
bicaudate,
brevicaudateUsage
Word found in Modern English
