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Where does “kadaver” come from?

kadaver (Dutch) comes from French cadavre, from Latin cadāver, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

kadaver (Dutch): animal corpse; corpse, cadaver

Definitions

  1. animal corpse; corpse, cadaver

Ancestry of “kadaver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcadavrecorpse, cadaver; empty bottle, empty
2Latincadāver—
3Latincadō—
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “kadaver”

  • kadaverdiscipline
  • kadaver
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