Etymograph

English

quassation

Quassation comes from Latin quassatio ‘the act of shaking’, from quassō ‘shake repeatedly or 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‘shake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassō2‘shake repeatedly or violently’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassatio3‘the act of shaking’
  5. Englishtodayquassation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIV
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin quassatio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English quassation

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kuh₁t-yé-tiWiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIVuncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiōWiktionary, Latin quassatio‘shake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassōWiktionary, Latin quassatio‘shake repeatedly or violently’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassatioWiktionary, English quassation‘the act of shaking’
  5. EnglishtodayquassationWiktionary, English quassation

Linked words

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

pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 26 more

through Latin quatiō ‘shake’

concussion, zouk, repercussion, 16 more

through Latin quassō ‘shake repeatedly or violently’

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

Today it means

noun A shaking or agitation.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quassation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin quatio, Latin quassatio. 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 / quassation

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