cacida

Latin

Etymology

Derived from caca (“faeces”) via a process comparable to the one that resulted in *pippīta < Classical pītuīta. Attested in Tironian notes

Pronunciation

(Proto-Gallo-Romance) IPA^(key): /kaˈt͡sida/, /-t͡ʃ-/

Noun

cacīda f (Early Medieval Latin)

rheum (discharge from the corner of one's eye)

Descendants

Old French: chacie, cachide, chacede; chassie, chacive; cachie, chachie
- French: chassie
- Picard: cachive
Occitan: cassida, chassida
Piedmontese: scassia, scasseia

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*caccita”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 21

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