Where does “casse-cou” come from?
casse-cou (French) comes from French casser, 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.
casse-cou (French): deathtrap; daredevil
Definitions
- deathtrap; daredevil
Ancestry of “casse-cou”, step by step
casse-cou traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via French cou
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cou | neck |
| 2 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 3 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 4 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |