Catalan

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin cauda (tail), but the precise derivation is unclear.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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coet m (plural coets)

  1. rocket

Descendants

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  • Spanish: cohete

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cohete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 126