Where does “cachotaría” come from?
cachotaría (Galician) comes from Galician cachote, from Galician cacho, from Vulgar Latin cacclus, from Latin cacculus, from Latin caccabus, from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος — a pot or a pan.
cachotaría (Galician): dry-stone
Ancestry of “cachotaría”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | cachote | a piece of stone used to build a dry-stone... |
| 2 | Galician | cacho | fragment, piece, portion, bit; moment; hopscotch |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | cacclus | — |
| 4 | Latin | cacculus | — |
| 5 | Latin | caccabus | Alternative form of cācabus; cooking pot; pot |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κάκκαβος | a pot or a pan |