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

  1. To render void or useless; to vacate or annul

Ancestry of “cassate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincassareto annul; present active infinitive of cassō; to...
2Latincassushollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;...
3Latincadōto fall, to fall out
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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