The story
- Spanish · derived fromcucaracha
- English todaycockroach
From Spanish cucaracha, from cuca (“butterfly caterpillars”), of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux) and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, by means of folk etymology, by cock and roach. Doublet of cucaracha.
Words from the same roots
Spanishcucaracha all →
cucaracha
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.