Where does “caduc” come from?
caduc (French) comes from Middle French caduc, from Latin caducus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.
caduc (French): deciduous; obsolete; null and void
Definitions
- deciduous; obsolete; null and void
Ancestry of “caduc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | caduc | — |
| 2 | Latin | caducus | That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing,... |
| 3 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 4 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 5 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |