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cucullus.

hood, cowl; covering for the head; cap (L+S); conical wrapper/case (goods); plant; strychnon; (of the nightshade family);

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kʊˈkʊl.lʊs]Classical-Latin[kuˈkul.lus]
  1. a covering for the head, hood, cowl

    declension-2 · masculine
  2. a conical wrapper or case

    declension-2 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Likely a loanword, perhaps from Gaulish or Illyrian; compare Gaulish Cucullātus (“name of a Gaulish god”). Alternatively (or perhaps in tandem with the above), a reduplicative form of Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Cognates include Latin cūlus, Old Irish cúl (“bottom”), Lithuanian kẽvalas (“skin, cover”) and indirectly Old English hȳd (English hide). Related to cutis (“hide”).

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