causal.
causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)
Meaning & usage
causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin causālislbor. Portuguese causal Learned borrowing from Late Latin causālis. By surface analysis, causa + -al.
reason, motive
clipping of conjunção causal (“causal conjunction”)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin causālislbor. Portuguese causal Learned borrowing from Late Latin causālis. By surface analysis, causa + -al.
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