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- Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-der.?
- Latincūlus
- Old Frenchcul
- Middle Frenchcul
- Frenchcul
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Old Frenchde
- Middle Frenchde
- Frenchde
- Ancient Greekσᾰ́κκος (sắkkos)
- Latinsaccus
- Old Frenchsac
- Frenchsac
- Frenchcul-de-sac
- Englishcul-de-sac
- EnglishDouglas
- Englishculdo-
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- English todayculdoscope
From culdo- + -scope.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.