Where does “accasciamento” come from?

accasciamento (Italian) comes from Italian accasciare, from Vulgar Latin adquassiare, from Latin quassus, from Latin quatio, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.

accasciamento (Italian): collapse; dejection, despondency

Definitions

  1. collapse; dejection, despondency

Ancestry of “accasciamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaccasciareto weaken
2Vulgar Latinadquassiare—
3LatinquassusThe act of shaking
4LatinquatioI shake; agitate; I wield, brandish; I move,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeh₁t-to shake
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- →Every word from Latin quatio →Every word from Latin quassus →