cassock
/ˈkæsək/KA-suhk
/ˈkæsək/KA-suhk
Meaninga cottage
Common meaning: a long garment worn by clergy
- cassocka cottageSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 97 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAD‘cover’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 399, p. 744 · scan
- Latincasa‘a cottage’source
- Italianmeaning shiftsa cottage → a great coat, surtoutcasacca‘a great coat, surtout’source
- 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.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin casa ‘a cottage’.
Roots
- casa Latin “a cottage, house”
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