Where does “causalité” come from?
causalité (French) comes from Latin causalitas, from Latin causālis, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
causalité (French): causality (agency of cause)
Definitions
- causality (agency of cause)
Ancestry of “causalité”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | causalitas | — |
| 2 | Latin | causālis | causal |
| 3 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |