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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”

  • uncask
  • incask
Every word from Middle French casque →