casa

Uncertain. Possibly from either Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to link or weave together; chain, net”) (compare catēna (“chain”)), or Proto-Indo-European *ket- (“hut, shed”) (compare Old English heaþor (“restraint, confinement, enclosure, prison”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”), Mazanderani کَت (kat, “wall”)), likely through borrowing from another Indo-European language rather than inheritance due to the presence of the medial -s-. Ultimately may be of substrate or wanderwort origin; more at cot, and see Proto-Uralic *kota.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.sa/, [ˈkäs̠ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.sa/, [ˈkäːs̬ä]

Noun

casa f (genitive casae); first declension

1. hut, cottage, cabin [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: aedēs, domus, domicilium, habitātiō, mānsiō, sēdēs, tēctum

2. rural property, small farm
3. (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) dwelling, residence, house

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	casa	casae
Genitive	casae	casārum
Dative	casae	casīs
Accusative	casam	casās
Ablative	casā	casīs
Vocative	casa	casae