Where does “CASEVAC” come from?
CASEVAC (English) comes from English casualty, from English casual, from Middle French casuel, from Late Latin casualis, from Latin casus, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.
CASEVAC (English): The emergency patient evacuation of injured...
Definitions
- The emergency patient evacuation of injured...
Ancestry of “CASEVAC”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | casualty | Something that happens by chance, especially an... |
| 2 | English | casual | Happening by chance; Coming without regularity;... |
| 3 | Middle French | casuel | fatal; of or relating to chance or fate |
| 4 | Late Latin | casualis | happening by chance; fortuitous; casual |
| 5 | Latin | casus | a fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an... |
| 6 | Latin | cadere | present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to... |
| 7 | Latin | cado | I fall, I fall out; I die; I cease |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |