Where does “cascata” come from?

cascata (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.

cascata (Italian): cascade, waterfall; fall; cascade

Definitions

  1. cascade, waterfall; fall; cascade

Ancestry of “cascata”, 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

Words derived from “cascata”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →