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Where does “cadavéreux” come from?

cadavéreux (French) comes from Latin cadaverosus, from Latin cadāver, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cadavéreux (French): cadaverous

Definitions

  1. cadaverous

Ancestry of “cadavéreux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincadaverosuscorpse-like
2Latincadāver—
3Latincadō—
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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