English
cajon
Cajon comes from Spanish cajón ‘a large box’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcajón‘a large box’
- Englishtodaycajon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcajón‘a large box’
- Englishtodaycajon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kap-
had, head, except, heavy, capital, behavior, chapter, captain, achieve, catch, heavily, capacity, escape, chef, acceptance, haven, chapel, occupation, behave, cape, cattle, cabin, hawk, capitol, capita, precipitation, captive, chaplain, captivity, mischief, conceive, mischievous, cad, conceivable, haves, chieftain, precipitate, capillary, occipital, acceptability, 139 more
through Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti ‘to be grasping’
acceptable, heave, heaving, heft, imperceptible, 28 more
through Proto-Italic *kapjō ‘to take, to seize’
accept, receive, capable, cable, recipe, capture, reception, perception, recipient, anticipate, susceptible, anticipation, deception, deceive, deceptive, cater, caption, deceit, receivable, preoccupation, perceptible, preceptor, sashay, 29 more
through Proto-Italic *kapsos
through Latin capsa ‘a box, case, holder, repository’
case, cash, chase, chassis, capsule, cassette, casket, kas, chasse, 5 more
Today it means
noun A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height (especially in Latin America), through which a river runs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish cajón / cajon