Word Origin Summary

Cassanos is attested in Gaulish. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *kassosProto-Celticinherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• Carcassonne

  French · derived from

• chenier

  English · borrowed from

• Carcassona

  Italian · derived from

• chesne

  Middle French · derived from

• casnetum

  Latin · derived from

• chéne

  Louisiana Creole French · inherited from

• chêne

  French · derived from

• Chesney

  English · derived from

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