Etymograph

English

concassed

Concassed comes from French concasser ‘crush, grind’, from Latin conquassō ‘to shake violently’, 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 or agitate’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassō3‘to shake repeatedly, to quake’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconquassō4as conquassāre‘to shake violently’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400conquaisser4
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcasser5‘crush, grind’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1976concassed5

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIV
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin quasso
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Latin conquasso
  4. 4 Wiktionary, French concasser
  5. 5 Wiktionary, English concassed
  6. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kuh₁t-yé-tiWiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIVuncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiōWiktionary, Latin quasso‘to shake or agitate’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassōWiktionary, Latin conquasso‘to shake repeatedly, to quake’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconquassōWiktionary, French concasseras conquassāre‘to shake violently’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400conquaisserWiktionary, French concasser
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcasserWiktionary, English concassed‘crush, grind’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1976concassedWiktionary, English concassed. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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, 26 more

through Latin quatiō ‘to shake or agitate’

concussion, zouk, repercussion, 16 more

through Latin quassō ‘to shake repeatedly, to quake’

cashier, quash, fracas, casco, casse, 5 more

Today it means

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

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “concassed”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin quatio, Latin quasso, Latin conquasso, French concasser. 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 / concassed

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