Where does “casse-gueule” come from?

casse-gueule (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-gueule (French): dangerous, risky, dodgy

Definitions

  1. dangerous, risky, dodgy

Ancestry of “casse-gueule”, step by step

casse-gueule traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French casser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcasserto break; to break up
2Old Frenchquasserto break; to annul; to quash
3Latinquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake
4Latin-tōForms here
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via French gueule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgueulesnout, face; mug; mouth
2Old Frenchgoulemouth
3Latingulagullet, throat, palate; gluttony, greediness;...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷel-throat; to swallow; throat; to dribble; gush...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankel-to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus