Latin

causa

‘cause, reason, account, lawsuit’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin causa.

34 English words in this record descend from Latin causa, most familiar first.

• because ← bi cause ← cause ← cause
• cause
• chose
• chest ← ċēast ← ċēas ← *kausō
• accuse ← acusen ← acuser ← accūsāre
• accusation ← accusacion ← acusacion ← accūsātiō ← accūsō
• syllabus ← accūsātīvus ← accūsō
• causal ← causalis
• accuser ← acuser ← accusour ← accūsātor ← accūsō
• inexcusable ← inexcusabilis ← excūsābilis ← excūsō
• causative ← causatif ← causātīvus
• accusative ← accūsātīvus ← accūsō

More words from causa

• excusable
• recusant
• accusatival
• accusatively
• accusable
• accusor
• accusativeness
• accusive
• accusably
• accusativity
• accusee
• accuseress
• cossist
• excusator
• excusation
• misaccuse
• nonaccusative
• recusation
• reaccuse
• subincusation
• unaccusativity
• unaccusable

Etymograph / Latin causa