Where does “monocause” come from?

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

monocause (French): monocausal

Definitions

  1. monocausal

Ancestry of “monocause”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcausecause; case; inflection of causer: ##...
2Old Frenchcausecause
3Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
4Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂Every word from Old Latin caussaEvery word from Latin causa
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