Where does “caseload” come from?
Caseload is a modern English compound of case and load, where case derives from Middle English lode, laden, Latin casus, cadere, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-, meaning to seize or take.
caseload (English): The workload of a person or group that handles...
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- The workload of a person or group that handles...
Ancestry of “caseload”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Case | abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines... |
| 2 | German | Käse | cheese; nonsense |
| 3 | Middle High German | kæse | cheese |
| 4 | Old High German | kāsi | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kāsī | cheese |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kāsijaz | — |
| 7 | Latin | cāseus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kwat- | to ferment, become sour; to boil |