Where does “caídas” come from?
caídas (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese caído, from Portuguese cair, from Old Portuguese caer, from Vulgar Latin cadere, from Latin cadere, from Latin cado, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.
caídas (Portuguese): feminine plural of caído
Ancestry of “caídas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | caído | fallen |
| 2 | Portuguese | cair | to fall; to fall down; to drop; to fall from; to... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | caer | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cadere | present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to... |
| 5 | Latin | cadere | present active infinitive of cadō; to fall, to... |
| 6 | Latin | cado | I fall, I fall out; I die; I cease |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |