Where does “cadence” come from?

cadence (French) comes from Italian cadenza, from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cadence (French): cadence; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. cadence; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “cadence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancadenzacadence; rhythm; third-person singular present...
2Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
3Latincadēnsfalling
4Latincadōto fall, to fall out
5Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “cadence

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-Every word from Proto-Italic kadōEvery word from Latin cadō