Etymology of the French word cloaque
the French word
cloaquederived from the Latin word
cloaca (sewer, drain; sewer, underground drain; maw of voracious person)
derived from the Greek word
kluzein, κλύζειν, κλύζω
Date
The earliest known usage of cloaque in French dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in French
cloacalCognates
Dutch
cloaca, English
cloaca, German
Kloake, Italian
cloaca, Latin
cloaca, Norwegian
kloakk, Swedish
kloak
