English
causal
Causal comes from Latin causa ‘cause’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcausalis
- Englishearliest quotation 1982causal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcausalis
- Englishearliest quotation 1982causal
Earliest quotation: 1982, Frank Jackson, Epiphenomenal Qualia: “No matter how often B follows A, and no…”
Formed from cause + -al
Linked words
through Old Latin caussa
through Latin causa ‘cause’
because, cause, chose, chest, accuse, accusation, syllabus, inexcusable, accusative, excusable, 23 more
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / causal