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Where does “quashable” come from?

quashable (English) comes from English quash, from Middle English quaschen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

quashable (English): Able to be quashed or annulled

Definitions

  1. Able to be quashed or annulled

Ancestry of “quashable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishquashTo defeat decisively; To crush or dash to pieces;...
2Middle EnglishquaschenTo crush or smash physically; To quash or smash;...
3Old Frenchquasserto break; to annul; to quash
4Latinquassō—
5Latin-tō—
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “quashable”

  • unquashable
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