Where does “decadēns” come from?

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

Ancestry of “decadēns”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecadō
2Latincadōto fall, to fall out
3Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “decadēns

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-