quash

The story

1. Latin · derived fromquatiō“to shake”
2. Latin · derived fromquassāre
3. Old French · derived fromquasser
4. Middle English · inherited fromquaschen
5. English todayquash

From Middle English quaschen, quasshen, cwessen, quassen, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre, under the influence of cassō (“to annul”), from Latin quatiō (“to shake”) Cognate with Dutch kwetsen (“to hurt, injure”), German quetschen (“to crush, squash”), Spanish quejar (“to complain”).