Dear all, I've come across this etymological proposal, but it's not the only one around.
Yule & Burnell (in *Hobson-Jobson, *1903) and Dalgado (in *Glossário Luso-Asiático*, 1919) have a different interpretation. They mention that early Portuguese documents from Asia use a term like *caxa*, *caxe* or *caixa* for some low-value Asian coins, but this would not be the same *caixa* that means 'box' in Portuguese; it would have been a loan from a South Asian language, presumably from a Dravidian source like *kasu* (ultimately from Sanskrit *kar,sa*). And, according to that interpretation, Indian English would have received the term *cash* from this Asian-Portuguese word. It's difficult to tell which of the theories is correct, but Yule & Burnell and Dalgado's is perhaps relevant for this discussion group. All the best, Hugo Cardoso 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <[email protected]> escreveu no dia quarta, 1/11/2023 à(s) 17:27: > Dear John, > > You're not wrong. I just googled it. The English word cash does indeed > come from the Latin root for box. There we go, learn something new > everyday. > > Warm wishes, > Selma > > On Wednesday, 1 November 2023 at 06:51:09 GMT, John de Figueiredo < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Interesting. I wonder if the English word “cash” comes from the Portuguese > “caixa”. Cândido de Figueiredo used to criticize the Portuguese for their > “anglicismos” and “galicismos”. If “cash” was derived from “caixa”, it > would be an example of “Lusitanismo” of the British and the Americans. > John M. de Figueiredo > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/F1DA602C-2E39-4823-8432-3E019EBC5F2B%40sbcglobal.net > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1127755813.922770.1698831763803%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1127755813.922770.1698831763803%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAH8WUhMRRDKsUHTPbnPpHkRnsU4SJcz8ZwGn1i_ksktBXDDDEA%40mail.gmail.com.
