Where does “ceduous” come from?

ceduous (English) comes from Latin caeduus, from Latin -uus, from Proto-Italic *-wos, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

ceduous (English): Of a tree: fit to be felled

Definitions

  1. Of a tree: fit to be felled

Ancestry of “ceduous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaeduusthat can be cut down, fellable
2Latin-uusforms adjectives on verbal stems
3Proto-Italic*-wos—
4Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -uus →Every word from Latin caeduus →