Caca
/ˈkɑː.kɑː/noun
A childish or informal word for feces or defecation.
Did you know?The form appears in several languages, including French caca and Latin cacāre, but linguists generally treat it as nursery reduplication or expressive sound symbolism rather than a single fully traceable ancestor.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Indo-European period
PIE?
*kakka-
“A proposed expressive or nursery form associated with excrement; the reconstruction is uncertain.”
Classical Latin
Latin
cacāre
“To defecate; the source of several later learned and popular forms.”
16th Century
French
caca
“Childish word for feces.”
18th Century
English
cack
“An informal British word meaning to defecate or feces, probably related to the same expressive family.”
19th Century
English
cacatory
“Relating to defecation; a learned medical formation from Latin cacāre.”
20th Century
English
caca
“A childish or informal word for feces, likely adopted or reinforced through international nursery speech.”