Where does “caer” come from?

caer (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese caer, from Vulgar Latin cadere, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

caer (Galician): to fall, fall off, fall down; to fall on; to...

Definitions

to fall, fall off, fall down; to fall on; to...

Ancestry of “caer”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Portuguese	caer	—
2	Vulgar Latin	cadere	present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to...
3	Latin	cadere	present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to...
4	Latin	cado	I fall, I fall out; I die; I cease
5	Proto-Italic	kadō	fall, sink
6	Proto-Indo-European	ḱad-	to fall

Words derived from “caer”

acaer
cadoiro

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cado →