Where does “cagalleta” come from?

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

cagalleta (Galician): a sheep, goat, hare, rat or rabbit dropping

Definitions

  1. a sheep, goat, hare, rat or rabbit dropping

Ancestry of “cagalleta”, 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 →