Where does “cădință” come from?

cădință (Romanian) comes from Romanian cădea, from Late Latin cadeo, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

cădință (Romanian): decency, decorum, propriety

Definitions

  1. decency, decorum, propriety

Ancestry of “cădință”, step by step

cădință traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian cădea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniancădeato fall
2Late Latincadeo—
3Latincadōto fall, to fall out
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

via Vulgar Latin cadentia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincadentiafalling
2Latincadēnsfalling
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- →Every word from Proto-Italic kadō →Every word from Latin cadō →