🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

facteur causal

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fak.tœʁ ko.zal

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Causative factor/ˈkɔː.zə.tɪv ˈfæk.tər/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le stress est un facteur causal important dans l'insomnie."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An element, condition, or variable that directly helps produce a particular result or effect.

    "Poor dietary habits are a major causative factor in the development of cardiovascular disease."
  2. 2

    A primary agent or circumstance responsible for instigating a specific event, phenomenon, or state.

    "Investigators sought to determine whether systemic failure was the primary causative factor behind the accident."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin 'causativus' (denoting a cause), formed from the root 'causa' (cause, reason), combined with the noun 'factor' originating from the Latin 'factor' (doer or maker, from 'facere', to do or make). The compound noun gained prominence in scientific, medical, and analytical terminology during the mid-20th century to precisely identify elements that actively bring about an effect or condition.

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