Actually
casual derives from the latin word casus {event} and
casualty derives from casual (when casus is changed to casualis, which has a double meaning...event or fortuitous)
In old french the words seperated with casualitis {casualty} meaning chance, accident
The words stayed seperate in Middle English...with casuelte and casuel
The root of the word is actually case
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[This message has been edited by Moridin (edited 09-26-2001).]