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cast

/ˈkæst/KAST
/ˈkæst/KAST

Meaningto hurl

Common meaning: to throw

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GAS‘bring, heap together’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 100, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)kasta‘to throw’source
  3. Middle Englishcastensource
  4. Englishcast‘to throw’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) kasta ‘to hurl’.

Roots

  • kasta Old Norse (Icelandic) “to hurl”

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