Etymology

cachet

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Today it means: A seal, as of a letter. Full definition →

French cachet
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  1. French · borrowed fromcachet
  2. English todaycachet

Borrowed from French cachet, first appearing in Scottish English, from 1630.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.