Where does “caso” come from?
caso (Neapolitan) comes from Italian caso, from French cas, from Old French cas, from Latin cāsus, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
caso (Neapolitan): cheese; event, occasion
Ancestry of “caso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | caso | chance, fate; chance, coincidence, accident;... |
| 2 | French | cas | case, situation; case |
| 3 | Old French | cas | an event |
| 4 | Latin | cāsus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |