Where does “casco” come from?

casco (English) 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.

casco (English): A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in...

Definitions

  1. A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in...

Ancestry of “casco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcascohelmet; crown; hulk
2Spanishcascarto crack, to split; to hit; to wank
3Latinquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake
4Latin-tōForms here
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 →