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Where does “casser” come from?

casser (French) comes 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.

casser (French): to break; to break up

Definitions

  1. to break; to break up

Ancestry of “casser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchquasserto break; to annul; to quash
2Latinquassō—
3Latin-tō—
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “casser”

  • cassation
  • кастет
  • casse
  • incassable
  • cassa
  • casse-tête
  • casse-vitesse
  • cassation
  • cassage
  • casse-cou
  • autocassable
  • cassable
  • casse-couilles
  • cassetete
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →