Etymology

uppercase

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Today it means: Written in upper case; capital. Full definition →

English case ← Middle English case ← Old Northern French casse
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Germanic*ub
  3. Proto-Germanic*upp
  4. Proto-West Germanic*upp
  5. Old Englishupp
  6. Middle Englishup
  7. Middle Englishupper
  8. Englishupper
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  11. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  12. Proto-Italic*kapsos
  13. Latincapsa
  14. Old Northern Frenchcasse
  15. Middle Englishcase
  16. Englishcase
  17. English todayuppercase

From upper + case.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.