Where does “Kassation” come from?

Kassation (German) comes from Italian cassazione, from Italian cassare, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

Kassation (German): nullification, quashing, cassation

Definitions

  1. nullification, quashing, cassation

Ancestry of “Kassation”, step by step

Kassation traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cassazione

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancassazionecassation
2Italiancassareto delete; to cross out; to extinguish; to stamp...
3Latincassōto nought, to annul, to nullify, to cassate
4Latincassushollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;...
5Latincadōto fall, to fall out
6Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via French cassation

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcassationcassation

via Medieval Latin cassatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latincassatio

Words derived from “Kassation

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-
Kassation — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer