Where does “accasciarsi” come from?
accasciarsi (Italian) comes from Italian accasciare, from Vulgar Latin adquassiare, from Latin quassus, from Latin quatio, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeh₁t- — to shake.
accasciarsi (Italian): to collapse
Definitions
- to collapse
Ancestry of “accasciarsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | accasciare | to weaken |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | adquassiare | — |
| 3 | Latin | quassus | The act of shaking |
| 4 | Latin | quatio | I shake; agitate; I wield, brandish; I move,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeh₁t- | to shake |