Where does “cad” come from?

cad (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin cadeo, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cad (Aromanian): I fall

Definitions

  1. I fall

Ancestry of “cad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatincadeoI fall
2Latincadōto fall, to fall out
3Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →