cack

cack · noun, verb¹

Onomatopoeia; see cackle.

cack · verb, noun²

1. Latin · derived fromcacāre“excrete feces”
2. Old English · derived fromcac“dung; excrement”
3. Old English · inherited from*cacian
4. Middle English · inherited fromcakken
5. English todaycack

From Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”), from Latin cacāre (“excrete feces”). Cognate with English caca. Compare Dutch kakken (“to defecate”), German kacken (“to relieve oneself; defecate”), Latin cacō (“defecate”) (see there for more); compare also Irish cac (“feces, excrement”).

cack · noun³

From cock.

cack · noun⁴

1. Scots · borrowed fromcack“soft shoe”
2. English todaycack

Of unknown origin. Possibly from Scots cack (“soft shoe”).

Words from the same roots