cass

cass · verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromcassus“empty, hollow”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcassō
3. Old French · derived fromcasser
4. Middle English · inherited fromcassen
5. English todaycass

From Middle English cassen, from Old French casser, from Late Latin cassō, from Latin cassus (“empty, hollow”), and perhaps influenced by quassō (“to shake, shatter”).

Cass · proper noun²

* As an English surname, from a pet form of Cassandra. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Cais (“descendant of the curly-haired one”), from cas (“curly”).

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