coward

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  • From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue, coe + -ard; coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog. Unrelated to English cower. Displaced native .

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