Where does “casualism” come from?
casualism (English) comes from English casual, from Middle French casuel, from Late Latin casualis, from Latin casus, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
casualism (English): The doctrine that all things exist, or are...
Definitions
- The doctrine that all things exist, or are...
Ancestry of “casualism”, step by step
casualism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English casual
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | casual | Happening by chance; Coming without regularity;... |
| 2 | Middle French | casuel | fatal; of or relating to chance or fate |
| 3 | Late Latin | casualis | happening by chance; fortuitous; casual |
| 4 | Latin | casus | a fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an... |
| 5 | Latin | cadere | present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to... |
| 6 | Latin | cado | I fall, I fall out; I die; I cease |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |