Where does “-cade” come from?
-cade (English) comes from English cavalcade, from French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from Italian cavalcare, from Medieval Latin caballico, from Latin -ico, from Latin -o.
-cade (English): procession
Definitions
- procession
Ancestry of “-cade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cavalcade | A company of riders; A parade; A trail ride,... |
| 2 | French | cavalcade | cavalcade; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | cavalcade | — |
| 4 | Old Italian | cavalcata | — |
| 5 | Italian | cavalcare | to ride; to sit astride on; to pass by with a... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | caballico | I mount a horse; I ride |
| 7 | Latin | -ico | forms regular first-conjugation verbs, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -o | forms masculine agent nouns, positive and... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ōd | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éad | — |