Where does “casefic” come from?

casefic (English) comes from English fic, from English fanfic, from English fan fiction, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.

casefic (English): A fanfic, typically based on a mystery or...

Definitions

  1. A fanfic, typically based on a mystery or...

Ancestry of “casefic”, step by step

casefic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishficA fictional story set within a preexisting...
2Englishfanficfan fiction; a work of fan fiction
3Englishfan fictionAmateur fiction created by fans, incorporating...
4EnglishfictionLiterary type using invented or imaginative...
5Middle EnglishficciounAn invention or fabrication
6Old Frenchficciondissimulation, ruse, invention
7Latinfictiofashioning, forming, formation; fiction
8Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
9Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
10Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
11Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
12Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
13Latincalceusshoe
14Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line

via English Case

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCaseabstract feature of a noun phrase that determines...
2GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
3Middle High Germankæsecheese
4Old High Germankāsicheese
5Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
6Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
7Latincāseuscheese
8Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
Every word from Latin calx