Where does “causing” come from?

Causing comes from the present participle of English cause, which derives from Middle English cause, Old French cause, Latin causa, Old Latin caussa, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

causing (English): present participle of cause

Definitions

  1. present participle of cause

Ancestry of “causing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcauseThe source of, or reason for, an event or action;...
2Middle Englishcausecause
3Old Frenchcausecause
4Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
5Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—

Words derived from “causing”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂ →Every word from Old Latin caussa →Every word from Latin causa →