Etymology

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Today it means: To move within a short period of time before an ability's cast timer completes, during which it is possible to move without cancelling the ability's effects. Full definition →

English cast ← Middle English casten ← Old Norse kasta
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃sleydʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃sléydʰeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*slīdaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*slīdan
  5. Old Englishslīdan
  6. Middle Englishsliden
  7. Englishslide
  8. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  9. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  10. Old Norsekasta
  11. Middle Englishcasten
  12. Englishcast
  13. English todayslidecast

From slide + cast.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.