cacida

Latin

Etymology

Derived from caca (“faeces”) via a process comparable to the one that resulted in *pippīta < Classical pītuīta. Attested in Tironian notes. The expected spelling of the medial consonant, considering the voicelessness reflected in all the descendants, would have been ⟨cc⟩ not ⟨c⟩.

Noun

cacīda f (genitive cacīdae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cacīda	cacīdae
Genitive	cacīdae	cacīdārum
Dative	cacīdae	cacīdīs
Accusative	cacīdam	cacīdās
Ablative	cacīdā	cacīdīs
Vocative	cacīda	cacīdae

Descendants

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

References

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

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