Etymograph

English

cascarilla

Cascarilla comes from Spanish cáscara ‘bark from a bush or tree’, from Latin quassāre ‘to tremor’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti1uncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō2‘to shake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassāre2‘to tremor’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentcáscara3‘bark from a bush or tree’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentcascarilla4
  6. Englishtodaycascarilla4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIV
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Spanish cáscara
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Spanish cascarilla
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English cascarilla

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kuh₁t-yé-tiWiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIVuncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiōWiktionary, Spanish cáscara‘to shake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassāreWiktionary, Spanish cáscara‘to tremor’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presentcáscaraWiktionary, Spanish cascarilla‘bark from a bush or tree’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presentcascarillaWiktionary, English cascarilla
  6. EnglishtodaycascarillaWiktionary, English cascarilla

Linked words

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

pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 26 more

through Latin quatiō ‘to shake’

concussion, cashier, quash, repercussion, zouk, fracas, casco, casse, 16 more

Today it means

noun A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton eleuteria).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “cascarilla”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin quatio, Spanish cáscara, Spanish cascarilla. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti / cascarilla

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