Where does “cassette” come from?

cassette (French) comes from Middle French cassette, from Middle French -ette, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

cassette (French): treasure box; small box; cassette tape

Definitions

  1. treasure box; small box; cassette tape

Ancestry of “cassette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcassette—
2Middle French-ette-et, -ette
3Old French-etévariant of -té
4Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
5Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “cassette”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →