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Where does “casc” come from?

casc (Catalan) comes from Spanish casco, from Spanish cascar, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

casc (Catalan): helmet; cask, bottle; town centre

Definitions

  1. helmet; cask, bottle; town centre

Ancestry of “casc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcascohelmet; crown; hulk
2Spanishcascarto crack, to split; to hit; to wank
3Latinquassō—
4Latin-tō—
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →