Where does “cascarci” come from?

cascarci (Italian) comes from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cascarci (Italian): to fall for it; to be fooled

Definitions

  1. to fall for it; to be fooled

Ancestry of “cascarci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancascareto fall
2Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
3Latincadēre—
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 →