Etymology

cacoepy

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Today it means: The mispronunciation of words. Full definition →

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

From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -ία (-ía, “-y”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκακός all →

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