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 |
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| 1 | Latin | caducus | That falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing,... |
| 2 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 3 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | — |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | — |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |
Words derived from “caduc”