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Where does “multicache” come from?

multicache (English) comes from English cache, from French caché, from French cacher, from Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō — whale, sea monster; abyss.

multicache (English): Having or relating to more than one cache; A...

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  1. Having or relating to more than one cache; A...

Ancestry of “multicache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcacheA store of things that may be required in the...
2Frenchcachépast participle of cacher; hidden
3Frenchcacherto hide; Alternative spelling of casher
4Old Frenchcachierto hide; Alternative form of chacier
5Vulgar Latincoacticarepresent active infinitive of *coacticō
6Latincoactō—
7Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
8Latincōgō—
9Latincōn-—
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
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