Where does “accasciare” come from?
accasciare (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin adquassiare, from Latin quassus, from Latin quatio, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.
accasciare (Italian): to weaken
Definitions
- to weaken
Ancestry of “accasciare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | adquassiare | — |
| 2 | Latin | quassus | The act of shaking |
| 3 | Latin | quatio | I shake; agitate; I wield, brandish; I move,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |