Etymograph

English

geocache

From geo- + cache.

Formed from geo- + cache

Proto-Hellenic *gaya

Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’

English geo-

Latin coāctus

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Vulgar Latin *coacticāre ‘to press’

Old French cachier ‘to hide’

French cacher ‘to hide’

French cache

English cache

The story

Suggested by participants in the mailing list [email protected] in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below).

Today it means

noun A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.

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

Etymograph / geocache