Meaning

noun the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

noun the time of the last part of something

noun any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *taglą Proto-West Germanic *tagl Old English tæġl Middle English tayl English tail From Middle English tail, tayl, teil, from Old English tæġl (“tail”), from Proto-West Germanic *tagl, from Proto-Germanic *taglą (“hair, fiber; hair of a tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *doḱ- (“hair of the tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to tear, fray, shred”). Cognate with…

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