English
'cause
/kɔz/
Apheretic form of because.
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Origin
From Middle English cause; apheretic form of because; first used in the 15th century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lineage
- inheritedMiddle Englishcause
- borrowedOld Frenchcause “a cause, a thing”
- borrowedLatincausa “cause, reason, account, lawsuit”
- derivedLatincausa “cause, reason, account, lawsuit”
- derivedOld Frenchcause “a cause, a thing”
- inheritedMiddle Englishcausen
- derivedOld Frenchcauser
- borrowedOld Frenchcause “a cause, a thing”
Sources
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: 'cause