Where does “casemate” come from?
casemate (English) comes from French casemate, from Italian casamatta, from Italian matto, from Latin mattus, from Latin maditus, from Latin madere, from Latin madeō, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...
casemate (English): A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which...
Definitions
- A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which...
Ancestry of “casemate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | casemate | pillbox, blockhouse |
| 2 | Italian | casamatta | casemate |
| 3 | Italian | matto | mad, crazy; madman; Clipping of scacco matto |
| 4 | Latin | mattus | drunk, intoxicated |
| 5 | Latin | maditus | — |
| 6 | Latin | madere | present active infinitive of madeō; to be wet; be... |
| 7 | Latin | madeō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
Words derived from “casemate”