Where does “cause” come from?

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

cause (Italian): plural of causa

Definitions

  1. plural of causa

Ancestry of “cause”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂ →Every word from Old Latin caussa →Every word from Latin causa →