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Where does “casso” come from?

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

casso (Italian): useless; fruitless; deprived; devoid; expelled or...

Definitions

  1. useless; fruitless; deprived; devoid; expelled or...

Ancestry of “casso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincassushollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;...
2Latincadō—
3Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “casso”

  • casket
  • cassette
  • videocassette
  • cassone
  • microcassette
  • minicassette
  • casketless
  • cassetteless
  • cassettelike
  • health fund
  • noncassette
  • encasket
  • casete
  • cassa
  • cassettista
  • videocassette
  • incassabile
  • cinecassetta
  • minicassetta
  • cassone
  • incassatura
  • cassette
  • portacassette
  • microcassetta
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