Where does “quash” come from?
Quash comes from Middle English quaschen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassare meaning to shatter, from Latin quatio meaning to shake, which derives from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t-.
quash (English): To defeat decisively; To crush or dash to pieces;...
Definitions
- To defeat decisively; To crush or dash to pieces;...
Ancestry of “quash”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | quaschen | To crush or smash physically; To quash or smash;... |
| 2 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 3 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 4 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |