myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of cassaio

Etymology of the Italian word cassaio

the Italian word cassaio

derived from the Late Latin word capsarius (slave toting boy's bookcase, satchel; who minded clothes at bath)

derived from the Latin word capsa (box; cylindrical case, bookcase; receptacle for things)

derived from the Late Latin word capere (to take; take hold, seize; grasp)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kap-