It is a word that lunfardo took from the southern vulgar Italian cafone ("rude, person enough, with little urban culture"), with the same meaning that was expanded as an adjective to anything rudimentary, basic and tantrum. There is no agreement on its etymology, but it most likely comes from the verb digare with the suffix -one for deverbals that reinforce the action, in this case to name the sapper peasants. [Note: There is a more extensive definition in error 10060;capon. ] See cafonacho .