Where does “casino” come from?
Casino comes from Italian casino, from Italian casa meaning house, from Latin -inus, from Latin casus meaning fall or chance, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-.
casino (English): A public building or room for entertainment,...
Definitions
- A public building or room for entertainment,...
Ancestry of “casino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | casino | brothel; mess; hunting lodge |
| 2 | Italian | casa | house; home; family, dynasty, descent, stock,... |
| 3 | Latin | casa | hut, cottage, cabin; rural property, small farm;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kat- | cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave... |
Words derived from “casino”