Where does “casser” come from?
casser (Old French) comes from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
casser (Old French): Alternative form of quasser; to break
Definitions
- Alternative form of quasser; to break
Ancestry of “casser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | cassō | — |
| 2 | Latin | cassus | hollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;... |
| 3 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
Words derived from “casser”