Where does “cassen” come from?

cassen (Middle English) comes from Old French casser, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cassen (Middle English): To render useless or void; to annul; to shut down

Definitions

  1. To render useless or void; to annul; to shut down

Ancestry of “cassen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchcasserAlternative form of quasser; to break
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

Words derived from “cassen”

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