Etymology of the English word casque
the English word
casquederived from the French word
casquederived from the Old Spanish word
cascoderived from the Old Spanish word
cascarderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*quassicarederived from the Vulgar Latin word
quassare (shake repeatedly; wave, flourish)
derived from the Latin word
quatere (shake)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwet-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kwēt-Date
The earliest known usage of casque in English dates from the 17th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
