Etymograph

English

concassed

Concassed comes from French concasser ‘crush, grind’, from Latin conquassō ‘to shake violently’, and ultimately from quatiō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘to shake or agitate’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassō‘to shake repeatedly, to quake’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconquassōas conquassāre‘to shake violently’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400conquaisser
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcasser‘crush, grind’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1976concassed

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘to shake or agitate’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassō‘to shake repeatedly, to quake’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconquassōas conquassāre‘to shake violently’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400conquaisser
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcasser‘crush, grind’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1976concassed

Earliest quotation: 1976, e Escoffier, The Escoffier Cook Book: A Guide to the Fine Art of Cookery: “Concassed Chervil—Proceed as above, except that, instead of chopping…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti

pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 28 more

through Latin quatiō ‘to shake or agitate’

concussion, zouk, repercussion, 17 more

through Latin quassō ‘to shake repeatedly, to quake’

cashier, quash, fracas, casco, casse, 6 more

Today it means

adj Roughly chopped or diced; (in particular, of a tomato) diced after the seeds/core and skin have been removed.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin quatiō / concassed

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