Etymograph

English

succussation

Succussation comes from Latin succussare, from quatiō ‘shake’, 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 CEquatiō2as quatere‘shake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccussare2
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1650succussation2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIV
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English succussation
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “lifting one foot before, and the cross foot behind,…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)kuh₁t-yé-tiWiktionary, Latin quatio, which cites LIVuncertain
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiōWiktionary, English succussationas quatere‘shake’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccussareWiktionary, English succussation
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1650succussationWiktionary, English succussation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […]: “lifting one foot before, and the cross foot behind,…”

Linked words

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

pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 26 more

through Latin quatiō ‘shake’

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

Today it means

noun Violent shaking or jolting.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “succussation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin quatio. 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 / succussation

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