case

case · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromcāsus“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”
2. Old French · derived fromcas“an event”
3. Middle English · inherited fromcas
4. English todaycase

From Middle English cas, from Old French cas (“an event”), from Latin cāsus (“a falling, a fall; accident, event, occurrence; occasion, opportunity; noun case”), perfect passive participle of cadō (“to fall, to drop”).

case · noun, adjective, verb²

1. Latin · derived fromcapsa“box, bookcase”
2. Old Northern French · derived fromcasse
3. Middle English · inherited fromcase
4. English todaycase

From Middle English case, from Old Northern French casse (compare Old French chasse (“box, chest, case”)), from Latin capsa (“box, bookcase”), from capiō (“to take, seize, hold”). Doublet of cash, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja, Asturian caxa, Portuguese caixa.

Case · noun³

Capitalization by Noam Chomsky.

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