Where does “cagote” come from?

cagote (French) comes from Galician cagar, from Old Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre.

cagote (French): feminine singular of cagot

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of cagot

Ancestry of “cagote”, step by step

cagote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Galician cagar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancagarto shit
2Old Portuguesecagar—
3Latincacāre—

via French cagot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcagotcagot; sanctimonious person, hypocrite;...
2Occitancagot—

Words derived from “cagote”

Every word from Latin cacāre →Every word from Old Portuguese cagar →Every word from Galician cagar →