gachupinn.

Etymology: < (i) French gachupine (1811 in the passage translated in quot. 1811), and its etymon (ii) Mexican Spanish gachupín (mid 18th cent. or earlier), perhaps a variant of cachupín (1591), apparently < Castilian Spanish cachopo (a1449), term of abuse of uncertain sense and origin + ín -ine suffix⁴.Despite formal difficulties, it has sometimes been suggested that Spanish cachopo is related to cacho pot, pan (15th cent.), probably < an unattested post-classical Latin form *caccalus < classical Latin caccabus pot ( < ancient Greek κάκκαβος : see cockle n.⁵), with alteration of the ending; compare -ulus suffix. Compare also Nahuatl cachopīn (first half of the 18th cent.), which has been suggested as the origin of Spanish gachupín, but is more likely to be a borrowing from Spanish.