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Where does “causette” come from?

causette (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.

causette (French): chat, casual conversation; online chatting

Definitions

  1. chat, casual conversation; online chatting

Ancestry of “causette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcauserto cause; to speak; to speak, talk, chat; to be...
2Frenchcausecause; case; inflection of causer: ##...
3Old Frenchcausecause
4Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
5Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—
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