Where does “caselessly” come from?

caselessly (English) comes from English caseless, from English Case, from German Käse, from Middle High German kæse, from Old High German kāsi, from Proto-West Germanic kāsī, from Proto-Germanic kāsijaz, from Latin cāseus — to ferment, become sour; to boil.

caselessly (English): In a case-insensitive manner

Definitions

  1. In a case-insensitive manner

Ancestry of “caselessly”, step by step

caselessly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English caseless

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcaselessWithout a casing; uncased; Without grammatical...
2EnglishCaseabstract feature of a noun phrase that determines...
3GermanKäsecheese; nonsense
4Middle High Germankæsecheese
5Old High Germankāsicheese
6Proto-West Germanickāsīcheese
7Proto-Germanickāsijazcheese
8Latincāseuscheese
9Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kwat-
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