Where does “cadaverous” come from?
Cadaverous comes from Middle English -ous, Old French -eux, Latin -osus, Old Latin -osos, Proto-Italic -owonssos, and ultimately Proto-Italic -o-wont-to-s, an adjectival suffix.
cadaverous (English): Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver
Definitions
- Corpselike; hinting of death; imitating a cadaver
Ancestry of “cadaverous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | cadaverosus | corpse-like |
| 2 | Latin | cadāver | corpse, cadaver, carcass |
| 3 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |