Where does “cascarrabias” come from?

cascarrabias (Spanish) comes from Spanish cascar, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cascarrabias (Spanish): a curmudgeon, crank, grump, grouch; cantankerous,...

Definitions

  1. a curmudgeon, crank, grump, grouch; cantankerous,...

Ancestry of “cascarrabias”, step by step

cascarrabias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish cascar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcascarto crack, to split; to hit; to wank
2Latinquassōto shake repeatedly, to quake
3Latin-tōForms here
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Spanish rabia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishrabiarage, anger; rabies
2Latinrabiēsrage
3Latinrabiōto be mad, rave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrebʰ-rib; violent
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlebʰ-youngling, nestling, child; to work, harvest,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin -tō