English
casting
Casting comes from Middle English castyng.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500castyng
- Englishearliest quotation 1820casting
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500castyng
- Englishearliest quotation 1820casting
Earliest quotation: 1820, Walter Scott, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman: “What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus…”
Formed from cast + -ing
Proto-Germanic *kas- ‘to throw’
Proto-Germanic *kastōną ‘to throw’
Old Norse kasta ‘to throw’
Middle English casten
English cast
Every English word from Middle English castyng
Today it means
noun The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English castyng / casting