Where does “casație” come from?

casație (Romanian) comes from French cassation, from Latin cassō, from Latin cassus, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

casație (Romanian): cassation

Definitions

  1. cassation

Ancestry of “casație”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcassationcassation
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →