Etymology

causal

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing. Full definition →

Late Latin causalis ← Latin causa
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcausa“cause”
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromcausalis
  3. English todaycausal

Borrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”), equivalent to cause + -al, see cause.

Words from the same roots

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