English
topcase
From top + case.
Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’
Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’
Old English topp ‘top’
Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’
English top
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
Today it means
noun Synonym of trunk (“storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle, sometimes on bycicles or other vehicules”).
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “topcase”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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