Where does “caduc” come from?

caduc (Middle French) comes from Latin caducus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

Ancestry of “caduc”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	caducus	That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing,...
2	Latin	-ucus	used to form the names of certain plants
3	Azerbaijani	uçmaq	to fly
4	Old Anatolian Turkish	اوچمق	to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
5	Proto-Turkic	uč-	to fly

Words derived from “caduc”

caducity
caduc
kaduuk
caduce
caducité
kaduk
caduc

Every word from Proto-Turkic uč- →Every word from Latin -ucus →Every word from Latin caducus →