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

Definitions

  1. cheese; event, occasion

Ancestry of “caso”, step by step

caso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian caso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancasochance, fate; chance, coincidence, accident;...
2Frenchcascase, situation; case
3Old Frenchcasan event
4Latincāsus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Latin cāseus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincāseuscheese
2Proto-Indo-Europeankwat-to ferment, become sour; to boil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Latin cāsus →Every word from Old French cas →