Where does “casefile” come from?

casefile (English) comes from English file, from French fil, from Old French fil, from Latin fīlius, from Old Latin fīlios, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁y-li-os, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.

casefile (English): A file detailing a legal or medical case

Definitions

  1. A file detailing a legal or medical case

Ancestry of “casefile”, step by step

casefile traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English file

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfileA collection of papers collated and archived...
2Frenchfilyarn, thread, wire; grain; edge
3Old Frenchfilson; thread
4Latinfīliusa son
5Old Latinfīlios—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁y-li-ossucker
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁(y)-to suckle, nurse

via English case

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaseAn actual event, situation, or fact; A given...
2Middle Englishcascase
3Old Frenchcasan event
4Latincāsus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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