Etymology

caoutchouc

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French caoutchouc ← Spanish caucho ← Quechua kawchu
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  1. Quechua · derived fromkawchu
  2. Spanish · derived fromcaucho
  3. French · borrowed fromcaoutchouc
  4. English todaycaoutchouc

Borrowed from French caoutchouc, from Spanish caucho, from Quechua kawchu. Doublet of caucho.

Words from the same roots

Spanishcaucho all →

caucho

Quechuakawchu all →

caucho

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.