Where does “casque” come from?
Casque derives from French casque, from Spanish casco, from Spanish cascar meaning to break, from Latin quasso, from Latin quatio meaning to shake, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t-.
casque (English): A helmet; A hard structure on the head of some...
Definitions
- A helmet; A hard structure on the head of some...
Ancestry of “casque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | casque | helmet; hard hat; headphones |
| 2 | Spanish | casco | helmet; crown; hulk |
| 3 | Spanish | cascar | to crack, to split; to hit; to wank |
| 4 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |