myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of cloaca

Etymology of the Italian word cloaca

the Italian word cloaca

derived from the Latin word cloaca (sewer, drain; sewer, underground drain; maw of voracious person)

derived from the Greek word kluzein, κλύζειν, κλύζω

Dutch cloaca, English cloaca, French cloaque, German Kloake, Latin cloaca, Norwegian kloakk, Swedish kloak