Etymology of the English word cachet
the English word
cachetderived from the Old French word
cachetderived from the Old French word
cacherderived from the Latin root
*coacticarederived from the Latin word
coactare (compel; constrain; force)
derived from the Latin word
coactus (coercive; compulsion, constraint, force)
derived from the Latin word
cogere (collect, gather, round up)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
agere (to drive; drive, urge, conduct)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ag-Date
The earliest known usage of cachet in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
