Where does “cascatelle” come from?

cascatelle (French) comes from Italian cascatella, 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.

cascatelle (French): small waterfall

Definitions

  1. small waterfall

Ancestry of “cascatelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancascatella—
2Italiancascatacascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
3Italiancascareto fall
4Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
5Latincadēre—
6Latincadōto fall, to fall out
7Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →