cacher French · revision 16435

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=13th century (quachier)|origins=la cōgō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ka.ʃe/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cacher'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French [[m|fro|quachier]] (13th–15th centuries), ''cachier'' (about 1278).^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|cachier]], [[inh|la-vul|*coacticō|t=to press together]], a strengthened form of [[la|coāctō|t=to constrain]], the frequentative of [[m|la|cōgō|t=to drive together, compel]], itself from [[m|la|com-]] and [[m|la|agō|t=to drive]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|2, 809b)^(Wiktionary) “Coāctāre” survives in southern forms such as Provençal “cacha” “to crush, press”, and Old French had “escachier” “to crush” (see [[écacher]]).^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Littré compared [[it|quatto|t=crouching]].^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is first found in the 13th century as ''quachier''; until the 16th century it also meant “to press”.^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From “to squeeze, press down” came “to hide from view”, recorded from the first texts but rare before the 16th century.^(DHLF 1992) In this sense ''cacher'' supplanted Old French ''esconser'', from ''escondre'', [[la|abscondō|t=to hide]], which lived until the end of the 15th century; most southern dialects still say ''escondre''.^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) From the sense “to press” comes [[cachet]] “seal” (1464); from “to hide” come [[cachette]] (1313), [[cachot]] (1550), [[cache]] (1561) and [[cache-cache]] (1778).^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 13th century – ''Quachier''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1278 – ''Cachier''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1313 – ''Cachette''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1464 – ''Cachet''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 16th century – “To hide” becomes common.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1778 – ''Cache-cache''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|hide]], conceal: ''cacher un objet''.^(Wiktionary)^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ # To hide from view: ''l'arbre cache la maison''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ # To keep secret: ''cacher la vérité''.^(Grand Robert 2005)

+ # ''Se cacher'': to hide (oneself).^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cache]]

+ * [[cachette]]

+ * [[cachot]]

+ * [[cachet]]

+ * [[cachotterie]]

+ * [[cache-cache]]

+ * [[cache-nez]]

+ * [[cache-pot]]

+ * [[cache-sexe]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[écacher]]

+ * [[la|coāctō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate adjective ''cacher'' “kosher” is a variant spelling of [[casher]], borrowed from Hebrew.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}