Where does “causa” come from?

causa (French) comes from French causer, from French cause, from Old French cause, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

causa (French): third-person singular past historic of causer

Definitions

third-person singular past historic of causer

Ancestry of “causa”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	causer	to cause; to speak; to speak, talk, chat; to be...
2	French	cause	cause; case; inflection of causer: ##...
3	Old French	cause	cause
4	Latin	causa	cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
5	Old Latin	caussa	cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
6	Proto-Indo-European	kawd-teh₂	—

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