caca

Meaning

Excrement; feces.

Synonyms

excrements

feces

stool

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cakken

Inherited from Old English: *cacian

Cognate with English: cack

Cognate with Latin: cacō

Cognate with French: caca

Cognate with Basque: kaka

Cognate with Lithuanian: kaka

Cognate with Hungarian: kaka

Cognate with Italian: cacca

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κάκκη

Cognate with German: kacken

Cognate with Irish: cac

Cognate with Welsh: cach

Cognate with Cornish: caugh

Cognate with Breton: cac'h

Cognate with Aromanian: cac

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: cac

Cognate with Romanian: căca

Cognate with Spanish: caca

In summary

From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), of uncertain origin and relation. Cognate with English cack. Compare Latin cacō (“to defecate”), French caca (“excrement”), Basque kaka (“excrement”), Lithuanian kaka (“excrement”), Hungarian kaka (“excrement”), Italian cacca, Ancient Greek κάκκη (kákkē, “dung”), German kacken, Irish cac, Welsh cach, Cornish caugh, Breton cac'h, Aromanian cac, Scottish Gaelic cac, Romanian căca, Spanish caca (“excrement”).