Etymology

catso

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Today it means: A dishonest person; a rogue; a cheat. Full definition →

Italian cazzo
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromcazzo“prick”
  2. English todaycatso

From Italian cazzo (“prick”).

Words from the same roots

Italiancazzo all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.