Where does “cascata” come from?

cascata (Portuguese) comes from Italian cascata, from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cascata (Portuguese): cascade; vagina

Definitions

  1. cascade; vagina

Ancestry of “cascata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancascatacascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
2Italiancascareto fall
3Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
4Latincadēre—
5Latincadōto fall, to fall out
6Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “cascata”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →