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

  1. The abrogation of a law by a higher authority;...

Ancestry of “cassation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKassationnullification, quashing, cassation
2Italiancassazionecassation
3Italiancassareto delete; to cross out; to extinguish; to stamp...
4Latincassōto nought, to annul, to nullify, to cassate
5Latincassushollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;...
6Latincadōto fall, to fall out
7Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-