casing C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives US /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ UK /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a protective outer cover or shell enclosing something The phone's plastic casing cracked when it fell. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a protective outer cover or... coveringcasementsheathshellhousingjacketsleeveenclosure Word family Related forms caseencasecasement Etymology AI details From case (in the sense 'container, covering') + the noun-forming suffix -ing. Case derives via Old French casse from Latin capsa ('box, receptacle'). capsa Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # casing **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkeɪsɪŋ/ ## Meanings 1. a protective outer cover or shell enclosing something ## Examples - The phone's plastic casing cracked when it fell. ## Synonyms - covering - casement - sheath - shell - housing - jacket - sleeve - enclosure ## Related Forms - case - encase - casement ## Roots and Affixes - Root: capsa ## Etymology From case (in the sense 'container, covering') + the noun-forming suffix -ing. Case derives via Old French casse from Latin capsa ('box, receptacle'). ## AI Etymology Casing comes from case (in the sense 'container, covering') + the noun-forming suffix -ing. Case derives via Old French casse from Latin capsa ('box, receptacle'). The historical trail runs through capsa in Latin. Morphologically, casing is transparent: it draws on case (in the sense 'container, covering') + the noun-forming suffix -ing. Used as a noun, casing now means "a protective outer cover or shell enclosing something", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as case, encase, and casement. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Word Formation & Derivatives - General Vocabulary markdown