A cause, reason, or ground for something; in legal contexts, a case or matter under dispute.
From Latin 'causa', originally meaning 'cause' or 'reason', possibly derived from an Indo-European root related to 'breaking' or 'causing to break'. The word passed into English through legal and philosophical discourse.
This single Latin word has shaped Western thought for 2,000 years—from Roman law courts to modern philosophy classes, 'causa' is the root of 'causality,' the very concept of how things cause other things to happen.
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