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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
QUASSIA.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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QUASSIA,
a South-American tree. (Personal name.) Added by Todd to
Johnson. Botanical names in -ia are formed by adding the Lat.
suffix -ia to a personal name, as in dahl-ia, fuchs-ia.
Quassia was named by Linnæus after a negro named Quassi, who first
pointed out the use of the bark as a tonic and who was alive in
1755. A negro named Daddy Quashi is mentioned in Waterton's
Wanderings in S. America, Journies 3 and 4. Waterton also quotes a
Barbadoes song in Journey 4, cap. ii: 'Quashi scrapes the tiddle-string,
And Venus plays the flute;' these lines are altered from the finale to G.
Colman's Inkle and Yarico. Quassi is, in fact, quite a common negro
name. See Notes and Queries, 6 S. i. 104, 141, 166.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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