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Where does “casquer” come from?

casquer (French) comes from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

casquer (French): to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money...

Definitions

  1. to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money...

Ancestry of “casquer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancascareto fall
2Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
3Latincadēre—
4Latincadō—
5Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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