causa
Latin
noun
Definitions
- cause, reason
- case, claim, contention
- motive, pretext
- situation, condition
- (figuratively) justification, explanation
- (Medieval Latin) thing
Etymology
Inherited from Old Latin caussa.
Origin
Old Latin
caussa
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- by-cause English
- bycause English
- causable English
- causal English
- causation English
- cause English
- cause célèbre English
- causee English
- causeful English
- causeless English
- causer English
- causest English
- causeth English
- concause English
- forcause English
- subcause English
- uncause English
- *cosa Latin
- accusito Latin
- accuso Latin
- causa, causam Latin
- causabilis Latin
- causalis Latin
- causidicus Latin
- causor Latin
- causālem, causāle(m) Latin
- causālis Latin
- dīcō Latin
- excuso Latin
- incuso Latin
- recusatio Latin
- recuso Latin
- causa Italian
- causale Italian
- cosa Italian
- coseità Italian
- coserella Italian
- causaal Dutch, Flemish
- causal French
- cause French
- causer French
- chose French
- monocause French
- causa Spanish, Castilian
- causal Spanish, Castilian
- causar Spanish, Castilian
- cosa Spanish, Castilian
- *kawd-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- causa Portuguese
- causal Portuguese
- causar Portuguese
- coisa Portuguese
- *kausō Proto-Germanic
- ceas Old English
- cause Middle English
- kauza Czech
- cause Old French
- chose Old French
- kaŭzo Esperanto
- causa Catalan, Valencian
- causal Catalan, Valencian
- cosa Catalan, Valencian
- cousa Galician
- cauză Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kōson Old High German
- caus, cauis Old Irish
- cause Norman
- chaose Norman
- chôse Norman
- kōsen Middle High German
- kafshë Albanian
- chose Middle French
- cousa Old Portuguese
- кауза Macedonian
- causa Occitan
- cosa Asturian
- cjosse Friulian
- cúis Middle Irish
- cosa Old Spanish
- gauza Basque
- cösa Ligurian
- causa Dalmatian
- koza Ladino
- chôze Bourguignon
- cossa Ladin
- caussa Old Latin
- cosa Aragonese
- cose Picard