Words that come from Old Latin caussa

400 words across 39 languages descend from Old Latin caussa — including because, cause, chest, chose, causing, accused, excuse, causal.

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English (157)

Latin (59)

French (36)

Italian (31)

Spanish (20)

Portuguese (13)

Old French (11)

Catalan (8)

Irish (5)

German (5)

Middle English (5)

Middle French (4)

Ido (4)

Romanian (4)

Asturian (3)

Galician (3)

Ladin (3)

Old Portuguese (3)

Esperanto (2)

Cebuano (2)

Dutch (2)

Norman (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old Spanish (1)

Basque (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Aragonese (1)

Venetian (1)

Middle Irish (1)

Old Irish (1)

Friulian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Occitan (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Ladino (1)