"pertaining to or characteristic of a bad state of bodily health," 1630s, perhaps via French cachectique (16c.), from Latinized form of Greek kakhektikos "in a bad habit of body" (see cachexia). Cachectical is from 1620s.
cabriolet
caca
cacao
cacciatore
cache
cachectic
cache-sexe
cachet
cachexia
cachinnate
cachinnation