Cacatory
/ˈkæk.ə.tər.i/noun
Relating to or promoting the evacuation of the bowels.
Did you know?Cacatory ultimately belongs to an ancient, partly imitative family of excretion words found across Indo-European languages, showing how bodily sounds helped shape vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Prehistoric Indo-European period
PIE
*kakka-
“A reconstructed imitative root associated with excrement or defecation; its reconstruction is uncertain.”
Ancient Greek
Greek
κακάω (kakáō)
“To defecate.”
Classical Latin
Latin
cacāre
“To defecate or discharge excrement.”
Late Latin
Latin
cacātōrius
“Relating to defecation or serving to evacuate the bowels.”
17th Century
English
cacatory
“Relating to defecation or having a purgative effect.”
Modern English
English
cacatory
“Used chiefly in medical or technical contexts for something connected with bowel evacuation.”