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Where does “cacian” come from?
cacian (Old English) comes from Old English cac, from Latin cacāre.
Ancestry of “cacian”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
cac
dung, excrement
2
Latin
cacāre
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Words derived from “cacian”
caca
cack
cacky
cakken
kakar
caquerel
kaki
becack
cackerel
becacked
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