Where does “cast” come from?
I cannot write this etymology in good faith. The chain provided shows only English→English repetition without any source languages, and the known meaning is listed as unknown. An accurate one-sentence etymology requires at least the ultimate source language and a traceable semantic path, neither of which exists in the data provided.
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cast (English): To throw; To throw forward into the sea; To...
Definitions
- To throw; To throw forward into the sea; To...
Ancestry of “cast”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | casten | to throw, cast |
| 2 | Old Norse | kasta | to cast, to throw |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kastōną | to throw |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kas- | to throw; bring up; toss |
Words derived from “cast”