Where does “casuel” come from?
casuel (Middle French) comes from Late Latin casualis, from Latin casus, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
casuel (Middle French): fatal; of or relating to chance or fate
Definitions
- fatal; of or relating to chance or fate
Ancestry of “casuel”, step by step
casuel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin casualis
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | casualis | happening by chance; fortuitous; casual |
| 2 | Latin | casus | a fall, downwards movement; accident, chance; an... |
| 3 | Latin | cadere | present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to... |
| 4 | Latin | cado | I fall, I fall out; I die; I cease |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |