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casuista

/kaˈswista/

noun, masculine/feminine/kaˈswista/plural: casuistas

casuist (person)

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.? Proto-Italic *kazēō Latin careō Latin cassus Latin cāsus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istalbor. Spanish -ista Spanish casuista From Latin cāsus (“occurrence, chance, happening”) + Spanish -ista. By surface analysis, caso + -ista.

adjective/kaˈswista/

casuistic, casuistical

Synonyms: casuístico

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-der.? Proto-Italic *kazēō Latin careō Latin cassus Latin cāsus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istalbor. Spanish -ista Spanish casuista From Latin cāsus (“occurrence, chance, happening”) + Spanish -ista. By surface analysis, caso + -ista.