cucuault

Old French

Alternative forms

  • cocoualt

Etymology

From cucu, cocu (“cuckoo”), ultimately imitative or from Latin cuculus, + the Frankish suffix *-wald, from *wald.

Noun

cucuault oblique singular, m (oblique plural cucuaulz or cucuaultz, nominative singular cucuaulz or cucuaultz, nominative plural cucuault)

  1. a cuckold

Descendants

  • → Middle English: cokewold, cokewald, cukewald, cukeweld, cokwold
    • English: cuckold
    • → Middle Welsh: cwcwallt
  • → Irish: cucól

References

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