köken: Of uncertain origin. One possible etymon is Old Italian cazza (“ladle”), from Late Latin cattiam, in turn from Ancient Greek κυάθιον (kuáthion), diminutive form of κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle for wine”); cf. also cazzuola. Another is Byzantine Greek ἀκάτιον (akátion, “mainmast”). See also caspita.