Where does “caduc” come from?

caduc (Catalan) comes from Latin caducus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

caduc (Catalan): caducous; transient, fleeting

Definitions

  1. caducous; transient, fleeting

Ancestry of “caduc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincaducusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing,...
2Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
3Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
4Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
5Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

Words derived from “caduc”

Every word from Proto-Turkic uč- →Every word from Latin -ucus →Every word from Latin caducus →