Where does “cagallón” come from?

cagallón (Galician) comes from Galician cagalla, from Galician cagar, from Old Portuguese cagar, from Latin cacāre.

cagallón (Galician): a large turd, excrement or dropping: horse shit; pig shit; large human shit

Definitions

  1. a large turd, excrement or dropping: horse shit; pig shit; large human shit

Ancestry of “cagallón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancagallaa sheep, goat, hare, rat or rabbit dropping
2Galiciancagarto shit
3Old Portuguesecagar—
4Latincacāre—
Every word from Latin cacāre →Every word from Old Portuguese cagar →Every word from Galician cagar →