Where does “caccoloso” come from?

caccoloso (Italian) comes from Italian caccola, from Italian cacca, from Vulgar Latin cacca, from Latin cacō — to defecate, shit, pass excrement.

caccoloso (Italian): snotty

Definitions

  1. snotty

Ancestry of “caccoloso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancaccolabooger; sleep; lump of feces attached to the coat...
2Italiancaccapoo
3Vulgar Latincacca—
4Latincacōto defecate, shit, pass excrement
Every word from Latin cacō →Every word from Vulgar Latin cacca →Every word from Italian cacca →
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