e caudata
A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.: Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.
Meaning
3 sensesA form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.
Used in Middle and Early Modern Irish for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.
Used in Old Norse for /æ(ː)/, representing the Proto-Germanic *a (as opposed to the Proto-Germanic *e).
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ē caudāta (literally “tailed e”).Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ē caudāta (literally “tailed e”).
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Forms
plural: e caudataeSynonyms
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular