showcase

Words with a similar base: showcase

'showcase'

[showcase.n.01] as in: a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect

Examples:
it was a showcase for democracy in Africa

'showcase'

[case.n.20] as in: a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

Origins

					showcase (English)
├── case (English)
│   └── cas (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       ├── cas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       │   └── cas (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│       │       └── casus (Latin)
│       ├── casse (Anglo-Norman)
│       └── casse (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
│           └── capsa (Latin)
│               ├── capere (Latin)
│               └── capio (Latin)
└── show (English)
    └── schewen (Middle English (1100-1500))

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