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cassock

/ˈkæsək/KA-suhk
/ˈkæsək/KA-suhk

Meaninga cottage

Common meaning: a long garment worn by clergy

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAD‘cover’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 399, p. 744 · scan
  2. Latincasa‘a cottage’source
  3. Italianmeaning shiftsa cottage → a great coat, surtoutcasacca‘a great coat, surtout’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa great coat, surtout → a long garment worn by clergycassock‘a long garment worn by clergy’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin casa ‘a cottage’.

Roots

  • casa Latin “a cottage, house”

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