Where does “cascader” come from?
cascader (French) comes from English cascade, from French cascade, from Italian cascata, from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.
cascader (French): to cascade
Definitions
- to cascade
Ancestry of “cascader”, step by step
cascader traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cascade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cascade | A waterfall or series of small waterfalls; A... |
| 2 | French | cascade | cascade; a stunt performed for cinematic... |
| 3 | Italian | cascata | cascade, waterfall; fall; cascade |
| 4 | Italian | cascare | to fall |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | casicare | present active infinitive of *casicō |
| 6 | Latin | cadēre | — |
| 7 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |