Where does “causer” come from?
causer (French) comes from French cause, from Old French cause, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
causer (French): to cause; to speak; to speak, talk, chat; to be...
Definitions
- to cause; to speak; to speak, talk, chat; to be...
Ancestry of “causer”, step by step
causer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French cause
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cause | cause; case; inflection of causer:
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| 2 | Old French | cause | cause |
| 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 | — |
via Latin causor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | causor | I plead, dispute, debate; I pretend |
| 2 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
Words derived from “causer”