Where does “cassar” come from?

cassar (Portuguese) comes from Latin cassāre, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cassar (Portuguese): to revoke, cancel, invalidate; to quash

Definitions

  1. to revoke, cancel, invalidate; to quash

Ancestry of “cassar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincassāre—
2Latincassushollow, empty, devoid of something; lacking;...
3Latincadōto fall, to fall out
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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