Where does “case” come from?

case (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman casse, from Latin Capsa, from Proto-Italic *kapsos.

case (Middle English): box, chest, casket, case

Definitions

  1. box, chest, casket, case

Ancestry of “case”, step by step

case traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman casse

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

via Old Northern French casse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Northern Frenchcasse—

Words derived from “case”

Every word from Proto-Italic *kapsos →Every word from Latin Capsa →Every word from Anglo-Norman casse →