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
- Of a tree: fit to be felled
Ancestry of “ceduous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | caeduus | that can be cut down, fellable |
| 2 | Latin | -uus | forms adjectives on verbal stems |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-wos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |