Etymology

cassette

C3A1S1S1E1T1T1E1

Today it means: A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material. Full definition →

French cassette ← Old Northern French casse ← Latin capsa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  4. Proto-Italic*kapsos
  5. Latincapsa
  6. Old Northern Frenchcasse
  7. Frenchcassette
  8. English todaycassette

Borrowed from French cassette.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.