causa

Meaning

Noun

1. (declension-1, feminine) cause, reason
2. (declension-1, feminine) case, claim, contention
3. (declension-1, feminine) cause, judicial process, lawsuit
4. (declension-1, feminine) motive, reason, pretext, inducement, motivation
5. (declension-1, feminine) condition, occasion, situation, state
6. (declension-1, feminine, figuratively) justification, explanation
7. (Late-Latin, declension-1, feminine) thing

Postp

for the sake of, on account of

Concepts

cause

reason

case

business deal

matter

affair

business

account

concern

lawsuit

motive

pretext

factor

for the sake of

genesis

in order

interest

issue

item

why

law-suit

article

case at law

object

on account of

origin

pretence

enchesoun

question

❓

action

situation

something

stuff

subject

thing

because of

through

condition

excuse

Synonyms

ratio

res

ansa

ut

ob

Translations

cause

causa

αιτία

causa

causa

Ursache

causa

caso

razão

ragione

Grund

raison

oorzaak

λόγος

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkau̯.sa]

Etymology

From Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Italic *kaussā, further origin unknown. Connected by some to Latin cudo (“I strike”), in the sense "strike a cause," in which the Proto-Indo-European form would be *kewh₂-ud-ʰ-t-, from *kewh₂- (“to cut, strike”). Others are skeptical of an Indo-European origin. Related to Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌅𐌔𐌀 (cavsa).