Where does “cacchio” come from?
cacchio (Italian) comes from Italian cazzo, from Italian cazza, from Latin cattia, from Old High German keȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic katilaz, from Latin catīllus, from Latin -lus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
cacchio (Italian): A non-fruit-bearing tendril; frick!; darn!
Definitions
- A non-fruit-bearing tendril; frick!; darn!
Ancestry of “cacchio”, step by step
cacchio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cazzo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cazzo | dick, cock, prick |
| 2 | Italian | cazza | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Latin | cattia | pan |
| 4 | Old High German | keȥȥil | kettle |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *katil | kettle |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | katilaz | kettle, bucket, vessel |
| 7 | Latin | catīllus | small bowl, dish, or plate |
| 8 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |