Where does “cadavre” come from?

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

cadavre (French): corpse, cadaver; empty bottle, empty

Definitions

  1. corpse, cadaver; empty bottle, empty

Ancestry of “cadavre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincadāvercorpse, cadaver, carcass
2Latincadōto fall, to fall out
3Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “cadavre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →
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