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Where does “cakken” come from?

cakken (Middle English) comes from Old English cacian, from Old English cac, from Latin cacāre.

cakken (Middle English): to defecate

Definitions

  1. to defecate

Ancestry of “cakken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcacian—
2Old Englishcacdung, excrement
3Latincacāre—

Words derived from “cakken”

  • caca
  • cack
  • cacky
  • kakar
Every word from Latin cacāre →