Etymology

catechu

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Today it means: A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, but especially Senegalia catechu, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid. Full definition →

Malay kacu
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The story

  1. Malay · derived fromkacu
  2. English todaycatechu

Probably a corruption of the Malay kacu.

Words from the same roots

Malaykacu all →

cachou

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