Where does “kasuaalipeli” come from?
kasuaalipeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasuaali, from English casual, from Middle French casuel, from Late Latin casualis, from Latin casus, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.
kasuaalipeli (Finnish): casual game
Definitions
- casual game
Ancestry of “kasuaalipeli”, step by step
kasuaalipeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasuaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasuaali | casual |
| 2 | English | casual | Happening by chance; Coming without regularity;... |
| 3 | Middle French | casuel | fatal; of or relating to chance or fate |
| 4 | Late Latin | casualis | happening by chance; fortuitous; casual |
| 5 | Latin | casus | a fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an... |
| 6 | Latin | cadere | present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to... |
| 7 | Latin | cado | I fall, I fall out; I die; I cease |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |