Etymology

caygotte

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Today it means: a coyote Full definition →

Occitan cagot
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The story

  1. Occitan · derived fromcagot
  2. English todaycaygotte

Apparently from a Basque word derived from Occitan cagot, which itself claimed to be from ca-goth (“Gothic dog”).

Words from the same roots

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cagot

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.