Where does “kadav” come from?

kadav (Mauritian Creole) comes from French cadavre, from Latin cadāver, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

kadav (Mauritian Creole): corpse, cadaver

Definitions

  1. corpse, cadaver

Ancestry of “kadav”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcadavrecorpse, cadaver; empty bottle, empty
2Latincadāvercorpse, cadaver, carcass
3Latincadōto fall, to fall out
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →