κακκάω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kakkajō, from the Proto-Indo-European Lallwort root *kakka- (to defecate).[1]

Related to Latin cacō, Middle Irish caccaim, Old Armenian քակոր (kʻakor), Middle Armenian քաք (kʻakʻ), and German kacken.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κᾰκκᾰ́ω (kakkáō)

  1. to defecate, shit

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: κακά (kaká, poo, poop)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κακκαώ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 619

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