Ideas terminology · Reasoning & inquiry
caus- — Cause or reason
caus- means cause or reason. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: causation.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Cause or reason
- Latin: causa
Examples and word parts
causation
The relation in which one event or condition brings about another.
Word parts: cause + -ation (process or action); cause comes from Latin causa (cause or reason).
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Related reasoning & inquiry terms
- crit- — Judgment or distinction
criticism
- scept-, skept- — Examination or doubt
skeptic
- thes- — Placing or proposition
thesis
- theor- — Observation or contemplation
theory
- hypothes- — Supposition or proposed basis
hypothesis
- analys- — Breaking down for examination
analysis
- synthes- — Putting together
synthesis
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.