cocu(e) (English spelling) cocu

Japanese: cocu(e)(英語表記)cocu
cocu(e) (English spelling) cocu

...From around the 16th century, it was used as an alternative expression for the devil, and there are many idioms such as "Go to the cuckoo." In Rome, the word cuckoo was used to mean "unfaithful husband," and in modern Europe, like the French word cocu(e), it was used to mean "cuckold husband." [Yukio Taniguchi]...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "cocu(e)" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…16世紀ごろからは悪魔のいいかえに用いられ,〈カッコウのところへいっちまえ〉というような慣用句が多い。ローマでは〈不貞な夫〉,近代ヨーロッパでは,フランス語のコキュcocu(e)のように〈寝取られ亭主〉の意味にもカッコウという語が転用される。【谷口 幸男】。…

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