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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincaducusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing,...
2Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
3Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
4Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
5Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

Words derived from “caduc”

  • caducity
  • caduc
  • caducité
  • kaduuk
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