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Senscause
Espagnol
/ˈkawsa/
fém.savant
Français
/koz/
fém.savant
À cause de means 'because of'.
Italien
/ˈkauza/
fém.savant
Portugais
/ˈkawzɐ/
fém.savant
The inherited CAUSAM is coisa 'thing'.
Roumain
/ˈkawzə/
fém.savant
Catalan
/ˈkawzə/
fém.savant
The inherited CAUSAM is cosa 'thing'.
Anglais
/kɔz/
du latin/français · Old French cause, from Latin
L’ancêtre latin
CAUSAM‘reason; lawsuit’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
The learned half of a doublet: spoken Latin wore CAUSA down to cosa / chose / cosa 'thing', while the scholars' word kept its AU and its old meaning.
Parents anglais: because, accuse, excuse
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esNo sabemos la causa del incendio.
- frOn ne connaît pas la cause de l'incendie.
- itNon sappiamo la causa dell'incendio.
- ptNão sabemos a causa do incêndio.
- roNu știm cauza incendiului.
- caNo sabem la causa de l'incendi.
- enWe don't know the cause of the fire.
La famille latine
CAUS-· cause, case
CAUSA 'reason, lawsuit' became the ordinary Romance word for 'thing': cosa, chose, cosa — a 'matter' in the legal sense, generalized. The learned doublet causa, cause kept the original meaning, and the courtroom sense lives on in accuse and excuse. Portuguese coisa (Old Portuguese cousa) and Catalan cosa followed; Romanian says lucru, from LUCRUM 'gain'.
CAUSAMcause; case → thing
escosafrchoseitcosaptcoisacacosa
CAUSAMcause (learned)
escausafrcauseitcausaptcausarocauzăcacausaencause
CAUSĀRĪ (Med. Lat. CAUSĀRE)to plead a case; to cause
escausarfrcauseritcausareptcausarrocauzacacausarencause
ACCŪSĀREto call to account
esacusarfraccuseritaccusareptacusarroacuzacaacusarenaccuse
EXCŪSĀREto free from a charge
esexcusarfrexcuseritscusareptescusarroscuzacaexcusarenexcuse