Etymology

cloaca

clo·a·ca
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Today it means: A sewer. Full definition →

Latin cloāca
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcloāca“sewer”
  2. English todaycloaca

Borrowed from Latin cloāca (“sewer”), related to cluō (“cleanse; purge”), but the derivation is uncertain.

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