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causa.

cause/reason/motive; origin, source, derivation; responsibility/blame; symptom; occasion, subject; plea, position; lawsuit, case, trial; proviso/stipulation; |thing(s); [sine causa => in vain (Vulgate)];

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkau̯.sa]Classical-Latin[ˈkaːu̯.sa][ˈkau̯.saː]Classical-Latin[ˈkaːu̯.sa]

  1. cause, reason

    declension-1 · feminine
    qua de causa/qua de re/quam ob causam

  2. case, claim, contention

    declension-1 · feminine

  3. cause, judicial process, lawsuit

    declension-1 · feminine

  4. motive, reason, pretext, inducement, motivation

    declension-1 · feminine

  5. condition, occasion, situation, state

    declension-1 · feminine

  6. justification, explanation

    declension-1 · feminine · figuratively

  7. thing

    Late-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Italic *kaussā, further origin unknown. Connected by some to Latin cudo (“to strike”), in the sense "strike a cause," in which the Proto-Indo-European form would be *kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-, from *kewh₂- (“to cut, strike”). Others are skeptical of an Indo-European origin. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa).

postp[ˈkau̯.sa]Classical-Latin[ˈkaːu̯.sa][ˈkau̯.saː]Classical-Latin[ˈkaːu̯.sa]

  1. for the sake of, on account of

    with-genitive
    urbis causā
Where this word comes from

From Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Italic *kaussā, further origin unknown. Connected by some to Latin cudo (“to strike”), in the sense "strike a cause," in which the Proto-Indo-European form would be *kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-, from *kewh₂- (“to cut, strike”). Others are skeptical of an Indo-European origin. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa).

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