Where does “cassata” come from?

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

cassata (Italian): cassata; feminine singular of cassato

Definitions

  1. cassata; feminine singular of cassato

Ancestry of “cassata”, step by step

cassata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian cassare

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

via Sicilian cassata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Siciliancassatacassata siciliana
2Vulgar Latincaseata—
3Latincāseuscheese
4Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

Words derived from “cassata”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →