Where does “caduta” come from?
caduta (Italian) comes from Italian cadere, from Late Latin cadeo, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
caduta (Italian): fall; drop; feminine singular of caduto
Definitions
- fall; drop; feminine singular of caduto
Ancestry of “caduta”, step by step
caduta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cadere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | cadere | to fall; to fall over, tumble; to die |
| 2 | Late Latin | cadeo | — |
| 3 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |
via Romanian cadă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cadă | tub, bathtub; vat; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Latin | cadus | bottle, jar, jug; a measure for liquids... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κάδος | pail, bucket, jar, cask, vessel for water or... |
| 4 | Hebrew | כַּד | — |
Words derived from “caduta”