Where does “casse” come from?
casse (French) comes from Italian cassa, from Spanish caja, from Catalan caixa, from Old Catalan caixa, from Old Occitan caissa, from Latin Capsa, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
casse (French): first-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “casse”, step by step
casse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cassa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cassa | case, crate, trunk; box; cash register, cash desk |
| 2 | Spanish | caja | box, case; bank; cash desk |
| 3 | Catalan | caixa | box; savings bank |
| 4 | Old Catalan | caixa | box |
| 5 | Old Occitan | caissa | — |
| 6 | Latin | Capsa | Gafsa |
| 7 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |
via French casser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | casser | to break; to break up |
| 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 |