Where does “cadenza” come from?
Cadenza comes from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia (a falling), derived from the verb cadere (to fall), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-.
cadenza (English): A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto,...
Definitions
- A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto,...
Ancestry of “cadenza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | cadenza | cadence; rhythm; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 3 | Latin | cadēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | cadō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |