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English word cue comes from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂w-, and later Latin cauda (A tail (of an animal).)
*keh₂w- (Proto-Indo-European)
*kaudā (Proto-Italic)
cauda (Latin)
A tail (of an animal).
cōda (Vulgar Latin)
cue (Old French)
Tail (of an animal).
cueue (Middle French)
queue (English)
(computing) To add to a queue data structure.. To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.. To fasten the hair into a queue.. To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line. (computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where [...]
cue (English)
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.