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Where does “causare” come from?

causare (Italian) comes from Italian causa, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

causare (Italian): transitive; to cause

Definitions

  1. transitive; to cause

Ancestry of “causare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancausacause; lawsuit; inflection of causare: ##...
2Latincausacause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
3Old Latincaussacause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankawd-teh₂—

Words derived from “causare”

  • causare
  • causo
  • cause
  • causatore
  • causato
  • causatrice
  • causa
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