Where does “cascade” come from?

cascade (French) comes from Italian cascata, from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cascade (French): cascade; a stunt performed for cinematic...

Definitions

  1. cascade; a stunt performed for cinematic...

Ancestry of “cascade”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancascatacascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
2Italiancascareto fall
3Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
4Latincadēre
5Latincadōto fall, to fall out
6Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “cascade

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-
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