Where does “cás” come from?

cás (Irish) comes from Middle English cas, from Old French cas, from Latin cāsus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cás (Irish): case; affair; cage

Definitions

  1. case; affair; cage

Ancestry of “cás”, step by step

cás traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English cas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcascase
2Old Frenchcasan event
3Latincāsus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Middle English case

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcasebox, chest, casket, case
2Anglo-Normancassebox, chest, case; case
3LatinCapsaGafsa
4Proto-Italic*kapsos—

via Old Irish cass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcasscurly, curly-haired
2Proto-Celtickassoscurly, twisted, woven

Words derived from “cás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Latin cāsus →Every word from Old French cas →