caco-

1. a combining form meaning “bad,” occurring in loanwords from Greek ( cacodemon ); on this model, used in the formation of compound words ( cacogenics ).

caco-

combining_form

1. bad, unpleasant, or incorrect

   cacophony

Word History and Origins

Origin of caco-¹

< Greek, combining form of kakós

Word History and Origins

Origin of caco-¹

from Greek kakos bad

Example Sentences

The gorilla is about nine years old and is called Caco by the trackers who took the young Dutchman to see the ape in Odzala National Park in the Republic of Congo.

From BBC

I am not just rerereading these books this summer because I am a glutton for punishment but because my grandfather was a Caco, or a resistance fighter, against this occupation, and I want, a hundred years later, to get a sense of the minds of some of the men he was fighting against.

From The New Yorker

David Vale took time to answer questions about the project and his work with co-creators Rick Van Mook and Caco Teixeira.

From Forbes

The exact origin of the festival are not known, various theories exist from the mythological punishment of Caco by Hercules, to a cattle thief ridiculed and expelled by his neighbors.

From Time

Coalescence and solidification of nanoscale droplets results in formation of a solid phase, the structure of which is consistent with amorphous CaCO.

From Science Magazine