Where does “cas” come from?

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

cas (Middle English): case

Definitions

  1. case

Ancestry of “cas”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cas”

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