Where does “کاست” come from?

کاست (Persian) comes from French cassette, from Middle French cassette, from Middle French -ette, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

کاست (Persian): diminution, decrease, loss

Definitions

  1. diminution, decrease, loss

Ancestry of “کاست”, step by step

کاست traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French cassette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcassettetreasure box; small box; cassette tape
2Middle Frenchcassette
3Middle French-ette-et, -ette
4Old French-etévariant of -té
5Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
6Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via Persian کاستن

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianکاستنto decrease
2Proto-Iraniankas-to be small, diminish, lessen
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeḱ-to see; to look
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós