French

Adjective

cucus

1. masculine plural of cucu

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin. Compare cuculus and Ancient Greek κόκκυξ ‎(kókkux). Possibly onomatopoetic also.

Noun

cucus

1. daw, jackdaw
2. cuckoo

Descendants

References

• cucus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• CUCUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cucus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.