Where does “caducously” come from?
caducously (English) comes from English caducous, from Latin caducus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.
caducously (English): In a caducous manner
Definitions
- In a caducous manner
Ancestry of “caducously”, step by step
caducously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English caducous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | caducous | Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the... |
| 2 | Latin | caducus | That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 5 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |