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
- second-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “cases”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | caser | to fit; to settle down |
| 2 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 4 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |