Where does “cadence” come from?
Cadence comes from Middle French cadence, from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia, the noun form of cadere, meaning to fall or happen.
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 | Middle French | cadence | — |
| 2 | Italian | cadenza | cadence; rhythm; third-person singular present... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 4 | Latin | cadēns | falling |
| 5 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
Words derived from “cadence”