English

forcause

Univerbation of for + cause.

A compound of for + cause

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- ‘before’

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Proto-Germanic *furi

Proto-West Germanic *furi

Old English for ‘for’

Middle English for

English for

Latin causa ‘reason’

Old French cause ‘a cause’

Middle English cause

English cause

Today it means

conj Because, for the reason that.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / forcause