caudally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English caudal

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English caudally

From caudal + -ly.

Adverb

caudally (not comparable)

1. In a caudal manner; with regard to a tail

   Synonym: caudad

   • 2012, Phil Senter, Forearm orientation in Hadrosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) and implications for museum mounts, Palaeontologia Electronica, abstract:

     However, articulated specimens reveal that in hadrosaurids the radius articulates with the lateral condyle of the humerus, as in other vertebrates, and the palms face caudomedially, though more medially than caudally.

Derived terms

• anterocaudally
• mediocaudally
• midcaudally
• proximocaudally

Translations

caudally

• Italian: caudalmente