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Where does “occasionner” come from?

occasionner (French) comes from French occasion, from Italian occasione, from Russian оказия, from Polish okazja, from Latin occasio, from Latin occasus, from Latin occidō, from Latin ob- — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

occasionner (French): to provoke, to cause

Definitions

  1. to provoke, to cause

Ancestry of “occasionner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoccasionoccasion, opportunity; cause; bargain, good deal
2Italianoccasioneopportunity, chance, occasion, scope;...
3Russianоказияopportunity; unexpected event
4Polishokazja—
5Latinoccasiooccasion, opportunity; kairos, the right time,...
6Latinoccasussetting; west; western
7Latinoccidō—
8Latinob-towards; against
9Latinobolusobolus
10Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
11Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
12Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
13Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos—
14Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing
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