Etymology

cassation

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Today it means: The abrogation of a law by a higher authority; annulment. Full definition →

French cassation ← Latin cassō
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cassation · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromcassō“destroy, annul”
  2. French · borrowed fromcassation
  3. English todaycassation

From French cassation, from Latin cassō (“destroy, annul”).

cassation · noun2

  1. Italian · derived fromcassazione
  2. German · derived fromKassation
  3. English todaycassation

From German Kassation, from Italian cassazione

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