Where does “cassation” come from?
cassation (English) comes from German Kassation, from Italian cassazione, from Italian cassare, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
cassation (English): The abrogation of a law by a higher authority;...
Definitions
- The abrogation of a law by a higher authority;...
Ancestry of “cassation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kassation | nullification, quashing, cassation |
| 2 | Italian | cassazione | cassation |
| 3 | Italian | cassare | to delete; to cross out; to extinguish; to stamp... |
| 4 | Latin | cassō | to nought, to annul, to nullify, to cassate |
| 5 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 6 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |