Where does “casse-couilles” come from?
casse-couilles (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-couilles (French): irritating; ball-buster; pain; pain in the arse
Definitions
- irritating; ball-buster; pain; pain in the arse
Ancestry of “casse-couilles”, step by step
casse-couilles 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 couille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | couille | nut, ball, bollock |
| 2 | Middle French | couille | nut, ball, bollock |
| 3 | Old French | coille | ball, testicle |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *coleum | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōleus | sack (scrotum or testicles) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κολεός | a sword-sheath, a scabbard; a cinerary urn; a... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |