Where does “cashier” come from?
Cashier derives from Dutch casseren, from French -ier, from Old Occitan caissa, from Latin capio meaning to take or seize, with the agent suffix Latin -arius.
cashier (English): To dismiss from service; To discard, put away;...
Definitions
- To dismiss from service; To discard, put away;...
Ancestry of “cashier”, step by step
cashier traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French caissier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | caissier | cashier |
| 2 | French | caisse | box, crate; cash register; checkout |
| 3 | Middle French | caisse | chest |
| 4 | Old Occitan | caissa | — |
| 5 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 6 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via Dutch casseren
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | casseren | — |
| 2 | Old French | casser | Alternative form of quasser; to break |
| 3 | Latin | cassō | to nought, to annul, to nullify, to cassate |
| 4 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 5 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via Dutch cassier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | cassier | — |