English: from the medieval female personal name Cass, a
short form of Cassandra. This was the name (of uncertain,
possibly non-Greek, origin) of an ill-fated Trojan prophetess of
classical legend, condemned to foretell the future but never be
believed; her story was well known and widely popular in medieval
England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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