Where does “semicadenza” come from?

semicadenza (Italian) 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.

semicadenza (Italian): half cadence

Definitions

  1. half cadence

Ancestry of “semicadenza”, 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 →