Where does “Cadence” come from?
Cadence comes from Middle French cadence, Italian cadenza, Latin cadentia, the noun form of Latin cadere meaning to fall, from Proto-Italic kadō and Proto-Indo-European ḱad-.
Cadence (English): The act or state of declining or sinking
Definitions
- The act or state of declining or sinking
Ancestry of “Cadence”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cadence | The act or state of declining or sinking;... |
| 2 | Middle French | cadence | — |
| 3 | Italian | cadenza | cadence; rhythm; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 5 | Latin | cadēns | falling |
| 6 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |