quaschen

Middle English

/ˈkwaʃən/

verb

Definitions

To crush or smash physically.
To quash or smash; to defeat in detail.
To make void or cancel; to render inoperative.
(rare) To move from side to side; to shake.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quasser (break) derived from Latin quassō (shake repeatedly violently).

Origin

Latin

quassō

Gloss

shake repeatedly violently

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

quash English
quashable English
quasher English
toquash English
conquasso Latin
quassabilis Latin
quassatio Latin
quassāre Latin
quassāre, quassō, quasso Latin
quassō Latin
quasser Old French
câsser Norman
quetzen Middle High German
quezzon Old Dutch
cassur xno