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 CEquatiō1‘to shake’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassāre1‘to tremor’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcáscara2‘bark from a bush or tree’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcascarón2‘eggshell’
- Englishtodaycascaron2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Spanish cáscara
- 2 Wiktionary, English cascaron
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiōWiktionary, Spanish cáscara‘to shake’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassāreWiktionary, Spanish cáscara‘to tremor’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcáscaraWiktionary, English cascaron‘bark from a bush or tree’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentcascarónWiktionary, English cascaron‘eggshell’
- EnglishtodaycascaronWiktionary, English cascaron
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, casse, casco, 16 more
Today it means
noun An eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc, chiefly in Mexico and the southwestern US.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “cascaron”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish cáscara. 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 / Latin quatiō / cascaron