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Where does “cache” come from?

Cache comes from French cache, the noun form of French cacher, derived from Old French chacier, ultimately from Latin captio, the noun form of Latin ago, meaning to drive or act.

cache (English): A store of things that may be required in the...

Definitions

  1. A store of things that may be required in the...

Ancestry of “cache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcachépast participle of cacher; hidden
2Frenchcacherto hide; Alternative spelling of casher
3Old Frenchcachierto hide; Alternative form of chacier
4Vulgar Latincoacticarepresent active infinitive of *coacticō
5Latincoactō—
6Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
7Latincōgō—
8Latincōn-—
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “cache”

  • cacher
  • geocaching
  • cacheable
  • geocache
  • cacheability
  • uncacheable
  • noncacheable
  • cacheless
  • cachable
  • recache
  • multicache
  • subcache
  • uncachable
  • precache
  • geocacher
  • femtocache
  • cache
  • кэш
  • cache
  • cache
  • keš
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz →