Where does “cask” come from?

Cask comes from French casque, from Spanish casco, from Spanish cascar, from Latin quasso, from Latin quatio meaning to shake, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t-.

cask (English): A large barrel for the storage of liquid,...

Definitions

  1. A large barrel for the storage of liquid,...

Ancestry of “cask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcasque

Words derived from “cask

Every word from Middle French casque