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Re: my baby's name
The name "Cash" (originally a surname) may come from a number of sources:1. "Cash" is a form of "Case", an English occupational name for a maker of boxes or chests.2. "Cash" is a shortened form of "Cashman", anglicized from the Gaelic: "Ó Ciosain", meaning "descendant of Ciosan" which my reference source states is a personal name perhaps derived from a diminutive of "ceas" (meaning "coracle"). For a definition of what a "coracle" is: http://www.bartleby.com/61/49/C0634900.html3. "Cash" is a shortened form of "Cashmore", an English habitation name taken from Cashmoor in Dorset, most likely derived from the Old English: "caerse" (meaning "cress") and "mor" (meaning "moor; marsh")-- Nanaea
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More possible etymologiesIn addition to the above:4. "Cash" as a form Cashmere (from Kashmir, Western Himalayas)
5. "Cash" from the Tamil "kasu," a small coin, related to the Sanskrit "karsha," a weight measure for precious metals.
6. "Cash" from "kasia", Greek for cinnamon
7. "Cash" from "caschou" or "cachou," a French delicacy made from cashew and liquorice.
8. "Cash" from "cachucha," a lively Spanish dance
9. "Cash" from "cachexy", Greek for a depraved condition of the body, in which nutrition is everywhere defective.You're the parent, so you make the choice of etymology!
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