Where does “case” come from?
case (Romanian) comes from Romanian casă, from French casser, from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
case (Romanian): plural of casă
Ancestry of “case”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | casă | house |
| 2 | French | casser | to break; to break up |
| 3 | Old French | quasser | to break; to annul; to quash |
| 4 | Latin | quassō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tō | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |