Where does “cadențare” come from?
cadențare (Romanian) comes from Romanian cadența, from French cadencer, from French cadence, from Italian cadenza, from Vulgar Latin cadentia, from Latin cadēns, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.
cadențare (Romanian): cadence
Definitions
- cadence
Ancestry of “cadențare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cadența | to pace |
| 2 | French | cadencer | to cadence |
| 3 | French | cadence | cadence; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Italian | cadenza | cadence; rhythm; third-person singular present... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cadentia | falling |
| 6 | Latin | cadēns | falling |
| 7 | Latin | cadō | to fall, to fall out |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kadō | fall, sink |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱad- | to fall |