Quash
/kwɒʃ/noun
To suppress, put an end to, or reject decisively.
Did you know?Quash likely entered English through Anglo-French legal language, and its exact origin is uncertain, which gives it that eerie feeling of a word that arrived already carrying authority.
Etymological Timeline
Early 15th Century
Anglo-French
quasser
“To break, shatter, or crush”
Early 15th Century
Latin
quassare
“To shake violently, to shatter repeatedly”
Classical Latin
Latin
quatere
“To shake, strike, or beat”
Late Middle English
English
quashen
“To crush, suppress, or bring to nothing”
Modern English
English
quash
“To reject, suppress, or bring to an end”