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[โ€“] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The -ette in cassette and diskette is a diminutive suffix. Cassette means little box. Casse is French for box. And thus Diskette means little disk, not disk in a protective case. IBM introduced the term to mean disks smaller than their 8โ€ floppy disks

https://www.etymonline.com/word/cassette

https://www.etymonline.com/word/diskette