Where does “cachet” come from?
cachet (French) comes from French cacher, from Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
cachet (French): seal; pill; cachet
Ancestry of “cachet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cacher | to hide; Alternative spelling of casher |
| 2 | Old French | cachier | to hide; Alternative form of chacier |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | coacticare | present active infinitive of *coacticō |
| 4 | Latin | coactō | — |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | — |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “cachet”