Where does “cassate” come from?
cassate (English) comes from Late Latin cassare, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
cassate (English): To render void or useless; to vacate or annul
Definitions
- To render void or useless; to vacate or annul
Ancestry of “cassate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | cassare | to annul; present active infinitive of cassō; to... |
| 2 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 3 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |