Where does “casca” come from?
casca (Galician) comes from Galician cascar, from Vulgar Latin quassicare, from Latin quassāre, from Latin quatiō — to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend.
casca (Galician): skin; peel; rind; bark; shell
Definitions
- skin; peel; rind; bark; shell
Ancestry of “casca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | cascar | to crack, to shell, to peel; to hit; to blow; to... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | quassicare | to strike repeatedly; present active infinitive... |
| 3 | Latin | quassāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | quatiō | to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend |