quash
English
/kwɒʃ/, /kwɑʃ/
verb
Definitions
- To defeat decisively.
- (obsolete) To crush or dash to pieces.
- (legal) To void or suppress (a subpoena, decision, etc.).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English quaschen derived from Old French quasser (break) derived from Latin quassāre (strike), quatiō (shake, hit, I shake, I shake agitate) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁t- (shake).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷeh₁t-
Gloss
shake
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🤝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- quashable English
- quasher English
- toquash English
- unquashable English
- *quassiare Latin
- *quassicare Latin
- cascābellus Latin
- concutio Latin
- discutio Latin
- excutio Latin
- percutere Latin
- percutio Latin
- quasso Latin
- quassāre Latin
- quassāre, quassō, quasso Latin
- quassō Latin
- quatio Latin
- quatiō Latin
- recutio Latin
- succutio Latin
- percuotere Italian
- quassare Italian
- aquejar Spanish, Castilian
- cascanueces Spanish, Castilian
- cascar Spanish, Castilian
- cascarrabias Spanish, Castilian
- percusión Spanish, Castilian
- quejar Spanish, Castilian
- quejazón Spanish, Castilian
- πάσσω Ancient Greek
- πάστα Ancient Greek
- *kʷeh₁t- Proto-Indo-European
- quaschen Middle English
- toquasshen Middle English
- quasser Old French
- παστός Greek (modern)
- câsser Norman
- quetzen Middle High German
- quezzon Old Dutch