Etymograph

English

cache

Cache comes from French cacher ‘to hide’, from Vulgar Latin *coacticāre ‘to press’, and ultimately from Latin coāctus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāctus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoactōas coactāre‘to compel, constrain, force’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*coacticāre‘to press’reconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cachier‘to hide’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentcacher‘to hide’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentcache
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāctus
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoactōas coactāre‘to compel, constrain, force’
  3. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*coacticāre‘to press’reconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400cachier‘to hide’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentcacher‘to hide’
  6. French, derivedc. 1600–presentcache
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1922same form

Earliest quotation: 1922, A. M. Chisholm: “And here the adventurers went ashore, unloaded, turned their…”

Linked words

through Latin coāctus

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Today it means

noun Such a store of physical supplies, placed by humans or other animals for practical reasons.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin coāctus / cache

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