Where does “casual” come from?

casual (Portuguese) comes from Latin cāsuālis, from Latin -ālis, from Proto-Italic -ālis — forms relational adjectives.

casual (Portuguese): casual happening by chance

Definitions

  1. casual happening by chance

Ancestry of “casual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincāsuālisfortuitous
2Latin-ālis—
3Proto-Italic-ālisforms relational adjectives

Words derived from “casual”

Every word from Proto-Italic -ālis →Every word from Latin -ālis →Every word from Latin cāsuālis →
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