Where does “κασκαντέρ” come from?
κασκαντέρ (Greek) comes from French cascadeur, 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.
κασκαντέρ (Greek): stuntman, stuntwoman
Ancestry of “κασκαντέρ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | cascadeur | stuntman, stuntperson |
| 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 | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |