caca (Spanish)

Where does "caca" come from?

The Spanish noun 'caca' was borrowed from the Latin verb 'cacare'[1]. As it entered the language, it shifted grammatical categories from an action into a noun referring to excrement and things considered dirty or off limits[1].

Full etymology tree

• caca (Spanish), 'poo'
  • borrowed cacare (Latin), 'inflection of cacō:'

Descendants and derived words

• caca de luna (Spanish)

Sources

1. caca (Spanish) - Wiktionary

Updated September 2026

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