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Where does “caché” come from?

caché (Spanish) 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 — resin.

caché (Spanish): cache; cachet, elegance, pompousness

Definitions

  1. cache; cachet, elegance, pompousness

Ancestry of “caché”, 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
6Latincoactō—
7Latincoactusforced, compelled, having been forced; urged,...
8Latincōgō—
9Latincōn-—
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—
16Germankitt—
17Old High Germankuti—
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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