Where does “cases” come from?

cases (French) comes from French caser, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...

cases (French): second-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “cases”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcaserto fit; to settle down
2French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
3Middle French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;...
4Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
Every word from Old French -ier →Every word from French -er →Every word from Middle French -er →