Where does “cassata” come from?
cassata (English) comes from Italian cassata, from Italian cassare, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
cassata (English): A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream...
Definitions
- A type of tutti-frutti or Neapolitan ice cream...
Ancestry of “cassata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cassata | cassata; feminine singular of cassato |
| 2 | Italian | cassare | to delete; to cross out; to extinguish; to stamp... |
| 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 |