English
casco
Casco comes from Spanish casco ‘helmet’, from cascar ‘to split’, and ultimately from Latin quatiō ‘to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish,…’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassō‘strike’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*quassicāre‘hit, strike’reconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500cascar
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘to split’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcasco‘helmet’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish, overthrow, rend’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassō‘strike’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*quassicāre‘hit, strike’reconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500cascar
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘to split’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentcasco‘helmet’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti
pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 29 more
through Latin quatiō ‘to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish,…’
concussion, repercussion, zouk, 18 more
through Latin quassō ‘strike’
Today it means
noun A flat-bottomed, square-ended boat once used in the Philippines as a lighter to ferry goods between ship and shore
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quatiō / casco