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Where does “cadō” come from?

cadō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

Ancestry of “cadō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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