Where does “casualist” come from?
casualist (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.
casualist (English): One who believes in casualism
Definitions
- One who believes in casualism
Ancestry of “casualist”, step by step
casualist 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 ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |