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Where does “kado” come from?

kado (Dutch) comes from French cadeau, from Old Occitan capdel, from Latin capitellum, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

kado (Dutch): Superseded spelling of cadeau

Definitions

  1. Superseded spelling of cadeau

Ancestry of “kado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcadeaupresent, gift
2Old Occitancapdelornament
3Latincapitellumsmall head; capital or chapiter of a column
4Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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