cobarde
/koˈbaɾde/ · A2 · adj
coward, chicken, wimp, poltroon
🐔 cobarde = coward: both from Old French couard, built on coe (tail)
Spanish cobarde and English coward are cognates: swap the w for a b and add -e. Both come from Old French couard, from Latin cauda (tail), the idea being an animal that turns tail or tucks it when scared.