Etymology

caucho

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Today it means: The latex of Castilla species. Full definition →

Spanish caucho ← Quechua kawchu
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The story

  1. Quechua · derived fromkawchu
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromcaucho
  3. English todaycaucho

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

Words from the same roots

Spanishcaucho all →

caoutchouc

Quechuakawchu all →

caoutchouc

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.