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Where does “casca” come from?

casca (Galician) comes from Galician cascar, from Vulgar Latin quassicare, from Latin quassāre, from Latin quatiō.

casca (Galician): skin; peel; rind; bark; shell

Definitions

  1. skin; peel; rind; bark; shell

Ancestry of “casca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancascarto crack, to shell, to peel; to hit; to blow; to...
2Vulgar Latinquassicareto strike repeatedly; present active infinitive...
3Latinquassāre—
4Latinquatiō—

Words derived from “casca”

  • cascuda
Every word from Latin quatiō →