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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

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

Ancestry of “caer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecaer—
2Vulgar Latincaderepresent active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to...
3Latincaderepresent active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to...
4LatincadoI fall, I fall out; I die; I cease
5Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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