Etymograph

English

tailcup

From tail + cup.

A compound of tail + cup

Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- ‘to tear, fray, shred’

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Proto-Germanic *taglą ‘hair, fiber’

Proto-West Germanic *tagl

Old English tæġel

Middle English tail

English tail

Middle English cuppe

English cup

Today it means

noun An American lupine, Lupinus caudatus

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tailcup”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / tailcup