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 cacāreEvery word from Old Portuguese cagarEvery word from Galician cagar