Where does “upcasing” come from?

upcasing (English) comes from English casing, from English case, from Middle English cas, from Old French cas, from Latin cāsus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

upcasing (English): The act of converting all letters to be uppercase

Definitions

  1. The act of converting all letters to be uppercase

Ancestry of “upcasing”, step by step

upcasing traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English casing

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcasingThat which encloses or encases; The decorative...
2EnglishcaseAn actual event, situation, or fact; A given...
3Middle Englishcascase
4Old Frenchcasan event
5Latincāsus
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via English up

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishupAway from the surface of the Earth or other...
2Middle Englishupto a vertical axis
3Old Englishuppup; upstairs
4Proto-West Germanic*upp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-
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