English
by-cause
A secondary cause.
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Origin
From by- + cause.
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Lineage
- prefixEnglishby- “Town or city.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishby “town”
- inheritedOld Englishbī “being near”
- derivedOld Norsebýr “town, settlement”
- derivedMiddle Englishbi-
- inheritedOld Englishbe- “be-”
- derivedOld Englishbī- “by, near, around”
- inheritedMiddle Englishby “town”
- partEnglishcause “The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.”
- inheritedMiddle Englishcause
- borrowedOld Frenchcause “a cause, a thing”
- derivedOld Frenchcause “a cause, a thing”
- inheritedMiddle Englishcausen
- inheritedMiddle Englishcause