Etymology of the English word cassation
the English word
cassationderived from the Old French word
cassationderived from the Old French word
casserderived 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-derived from the Latin word
cassatioderived from the Late Latin word
cassatusderived from the Late Latin word
cassare (bring to naught, destroy; annul; totter, begin to fall; shake)
derived from the Latin word
cassus (fall, overthrow; chance; hollow, empty, devoid of)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kes-Date
The earliest known usage of cassation in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
