Etymology

cachou

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Today it means: A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath. Full definition →

French cachou ← Portuguese cachu ← Malay kacu
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The story

  1. Malay · derived fromkacu“a type of acacia”
  2. Portuguese · derived fromcachu
  3. French · borrowed fromcachou
  4. English todaycachou

From French cachou, from Portuguese cachu, from Malay kacu (“a type of acacia”).

Words from the same roots

Malaykacu all →

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