Where does “cassatella” come from?
cassatella (Italian) comes from Italian cassata, from Italian cassare, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
cassatella (Italian): A deep-fried sweet type of ravioli from Trapani...
Definitions
- A deep-fried sweet type of ravioli from Trapani...
Ancestry of “cassatella”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cassata | cassata; feminine singular of cassato |
| 2 | Italian | cassare | to delete; to cross out; to extinguish; to stamp... |
| 3 | Latin | cassō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 5 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |