Etymograph

English

quassative

Quassative comes from Latin quassātus ‘shaken’, and goes back to quatiō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō1‘to shake or agitate’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassō2‘to shake, to quake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassātus2‘shaken’past participle of quassō
  4. Englishtodayquassative2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin quasso
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English quassative

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiōWiktionary, Latin quasso‘to shake or agitate’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassōWiktionary, English quassative‘to shake, to quake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquassātusWiktionary, English quassative‘shaken’past participle of quassō
  4. EnglishtodayquassativeWiktionary, English quassative

Linked words

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

pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 26 more

through Latin quatiō ‘to shake or agitate’

concussion, repercussion, zouk, 16 more

through Latin quassō ‘to shake, to quake’

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

Today it means

adj shaking; trembling

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quassative”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin quasso. 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.

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