Where does “keš” come from?

keš (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English cache, from French caché, from French cacher, from Old French cachier, from Vulgar Latin coacticare, from Latin coactō, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō — whale, sea monster; abyss.

keš (Serbo-Croatian): cash, money; cache

Definitions

  1. cash, money; cache

Ancestry of “keš”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcacheA store of things that may be required in the...
2Frenchcachépast participle of cacher; hidden
3Frenchcacherto hide; Alternative spelling of casher
4Old Frenchcachierto hide; Alternative form of chacier
5Vulgar Latincoacticarepresent active infinitive of *coacticō
6Latincoactōto compel, constrain, force
7Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
8Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
9Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
10Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
11Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
12Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt
16Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
17Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
18Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος