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
- useless; fruitless; deprived; devoid; expelled or...
Ancestry of “casso”, step by step
casso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin cassus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 2 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via Latin capsus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | capsus | the body of a carriage; wagon body |