Where does “Kadenz” come from?

Kadenz (German) comes from Italian cadenza, from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

Kadenz (German): a cadenza a part of a piece of music

Definitions

  1. a cadenza a part of a piece of music

Ancestry of “Kadenz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancadenzacadence; rhythm; third-person singular present...
2Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
3Latincadēnsfalling
4Latincadōto fall, to fall out
5Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →