English
cascaron
Cascaron comes from Spanish cascarón ‘eggshell’, from cáscara ‘bark from a bush or tree’, and ultimately from Latin quatiō ‘to shake’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘to shake’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassāre‘to tremor’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcáscara‘bark from a bush or tree’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcascarón‘eggshell’
- Englishtodaycascaron
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘to shake’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassāre‘to tremor’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcáscara‘bark from a bush or tree’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcascarón‘eggshell’
- Englishtodaycascaron
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti
pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 28 more
through Latin quatiō ‘to shake’
concussion, cashier, quash, repercussion, zouk, fracas, casse, casco, 17 more
Today it means
noun An eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc, chiefly in Mexico and the southwestern US.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quatiō / cascaron