" cause and effect "

[Noun]  | "cause and effect" 

1: the direct relationship between an action or event and its consequence or result

Origin: 1599 ;

[Noun]  | "ef*fect" | \ i-ˈfekt \

1: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent) : result, outcome

2: a distinctive impression

3: the creation of a desired impression

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English effect, effete "achievement, result, capacity to produce a result, gist, purpose," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French effette, effect, borrowed from Latin effectus "carrying out (of a purpose or task), result, mode of operation," from effec-, variant stem of efficere "to make, construct, bring about, produce, carry out" (from ef-, assimilated form of ex- {see: |ex-:1|ex-:1} + facere "to do, make, bring about") + -tus, suffix of action nouns {mat|fact|};