Where does “cassie” come from?
cassie (English) comes from English cass, from Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
cassie (English): A thorny shrub with fragrant yellow flowers,...
Definitions
- A thorny shrub with fragrant yellow flowers,...
Ancestry of “cassie”, step by step
cassie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cass | To render useless or void; to annul; to reject;... |
| 2 | Middle English | cassen | To render useless or void; to annul; to shut down |
| 3 | Old French | casser | Alternative form of quasser; to break |
| 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 |