Cac
/kæk/noun
An archaic or dialectal word meaning excrement or dung.
Did you know?Cac is generally linked to reduplicated baby-talk forms such as French caca, rather than to the separate Greek root kakos, meaning “bad.”
Etymological Timeline
Prehistoric / Proto-language
Expressive
*kak-
“A reduplicated imitative syllable associated with defecation; the reconstruction is tentative rather than a securely established PIE root.”
Ancient and Medieval Latin
Latin
cacāre
“To defecate; a vulgar bodily-function verb.”
Medieval French
Old French
caca
“Excrement, formed as an expressive reduplication.”
Middle English
English
cac
“Excrement or dung; an archaic or dialectal form.”
Modern English
English
cac
“A rare archaic or dialectal term for feces.”