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Where does “cascadable” come from?

cascadable (English) comes from English cascade, from French cascade, from Italian cascata, from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.

cascadable (English): Able to be cascaded

Definitions

  1. Able to be cascaded

Ancestry of “cascadable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcascadeA waterfall or series of small waterfalls; A...
2Frenchcascadecascade; a stunt performed for cinematic...
3Italiancascatacascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
4Italiancascareto fall
5Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
6Latincadēre—
7Latincadō—
8Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →