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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

Definitions

  1. dry-stone

Ancestry of “cachotaría”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancachotea piece of stone used to build a dry-stone...
2Galiciancachofragment, piece, portion, bit; moment; hopscotch
3Vulgar Latincacclus—
4Latincacculus—
5LatincaccabusAlternative form of cācabus; cooking pot; pot
6Ancient Greekκάκκαβοςa pot or a pan
Every word from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος →