Etymology

caco-

Today it means: bad, defective Full definition →

Ancient Greek κακός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκακός“bad”
  2. English todaycaco-

From Latinized form of Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκακός all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.