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Where does “decadō” come from?

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

Ancestry of “decadō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincadō—
2Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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