Etymology of the Latin word cloaca
the Latin word
cloaca (sewer, drain; sewer, underground drain; maw of voracious person)
derived from the Greek word
kluzein, κλύζειν, κλύζω
Derivations in Latin
cloacariumDerivations in other languages
English
cloaca, French
cloaque, Italian
chiovina, Italian
cloaca, Portuguese
cloaca, Romanian
cloacă, Spanish
cloacaCognates
Dutch
cloaca, English
cloaca, French
cloaque, German
Kloake, Italian
cloaca, Norwegian
kloakk, Swedish
kloak
