Caudal

[Brazilian dude]

SYLLABICATION: cau·dal
PRONUNCIATION: kôdl
ADJECTIVE: Anatomy 1a. Of, at, or near the tail or hind parts; posterior: the caudal fin of a fish. b. Situated beneath or on the underside; inferior. 2. Similar to a tail in form or function.
ETYMOLOGY: New Latin caudlis, from Latin cauda, tail.
OTHER FORMS: caudal·ly —ADVERB

Brazilian dude

[Flaminius]

from Latin cauda, tail

whose posterity is Italian coda.

[Stargzer]

from Latin cauda, tail

whose posterity is Italian coda.

And here all along I thought D.C. Al Coda was a jazz muscian from the Washington DC area and Da Capo was that gizmo I put on the guitar neck to change the key . . .

[Brazilian dude]

whose posterity is Italian coda.

And far as I know, Portuguese and Romanian are the only languages that didn't tamper with Latin cauda, cf. Spanish cola, French queue and Catalan cua.

Brazilian dude

[gailr]

And here all along I thought D.C. Al Coda was a jazz muscian from the Washington DC area and Da Capo was that gizmo I put on the guitar neck to change the key . . .

In some places, da capo is da guy who will have you tailed. And then, you code.
-gailr

[Stargzer]

And here all along I thought D.C. Al Coda was a jazz muscian from the Washington DC area and Da Capo was that gizmo I put on the guitar neck to change the key . . .

In some places, da capo is da guy who will have you tailed. And then, you code.
-gailr

You say cäpo and I say cāpo . . .

[uncronopio]

whose posterity is Italian coda.

And far as I know, Portuguese and Romanian are the only languages that didn't tamper with Latin cauda, cf. Spanish cola, French queue and Catalan cua.

Brazilian dude

Well, Spanish does have the word caudal as relating to the tail; however, it is more common the meaning derived from Latin capitalis, referring to abundance of water and other resources.

[Brazilian dude]

I know it does, but I was not referring to the adjective, I was referring to the noun cauda in Latin, which became cola in Spanish.

Brazilian dude