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
- to break; to break up
Ancestry of “casser”, step by step
casser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French quasser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 2 | Latin | quassō | to shake repeatedly, to quake |
| 3 | Latin | -tō | Forms here |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Latin quassāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | quassāre | — |