Where does “cass” come from?
cass (English) comes from Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
cass (English): To render useless or void; to annul; to reject;...
Definitions
- To render useless or void; to annul; to reject;...
Ancestry of “cass”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | cassen | To render useless or void; to annul; to shut down |
| 2 | Old French | casser | Alternative form of quasser; to break |
| 3 | Latin | cassō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 5 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |