myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of cascabel

Etymology of the Spanish word cascabel

the Spanish word cascabel

derived from the Old Provençal word cascavel

derived from the Latin root *cascabellus

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *quassicare

derived 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-

English cascabel