Etymograph

English

title case

From title + case, because it is the casing (letter case pattern) traditionally often used for document titles (as well as headings and other display type) in English orthography.

A compound of title + case

Latin titulus ‘title, inscription’

Old English titul ‘title, heading’

Middle English title

English title

Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- ‘to fall’

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Latin cadō ‘to fall’

Latin cāsus ‘a fall; accident, chance’

Old French cas ‘an event’

Middle English cas

English case

The story

From title + case, because it is the casing (letter case pattern) traditionally often used for document titles (as well as headings and other display type) in English orthography.

Today it means

noun The capitalization of text in which the first letter of each major (important) word is set as a capital.

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

Etymograph / title case

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