Latin
causa
‘cause, reason, account, lawsuit’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin causa.
34 English words in this record descend from Latin causa, most familiar first.
- because ← bi cause ← cause ← cause
- cause
- chose
- chest ← ċēast ← ċēas ← *kausō
- accuse ← acusen ← acuser ← accūsāre
- accusation ← accusacion ← acusacion ← accūsātiō ← accūsō
- syllabus ← accūsātīvus ← accūsō
- causal ← causalis
- accuser ← acuser ← accusour ← accūsātor ← accūsō
- inexcusable ← inexcusabilis ← excūsābilis ← excūsō
- causative ← causatif ← causātīvus
- accusative ← accūsātīvus ← accūsō
More words from causa
- excusable
- recusant
- accusatival
- accusatively
- accusable
- accusor
- accusativeness
- accusive
- accusably
- accusativity
- accusee
- accuseress
- cossist
- excusator
- excusation
- misaccuse
- nonaccusative
- recusation
- reaccuse
- subincusation
- unaccusativity
- unaccusable
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Latin causa