English
casque
Casque comes from French casque ‘helmet’, from Spanish 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’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcasque‘helmet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1764same 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’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcasque‘helmet’
- Englishearliest quotation 1764same form
Earliest quotation: 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto: “He beheld his child dashed to pieces, and almost…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti
pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 28 more
through Latin quatiō ‘to shake, agitate, batter, shatter, demolish,…’
concussion, repercussion, zouk, 17 more
through Latin quassō ‘strike’
cashier, quash, fracas, casse, 6 more
through Spanish casco ‘helmet’
Today it means
noun A helmet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quatiō / casque