Where does “каскадный” come from?

каскадный (Russian) comes from Russian каска́д, from French cascade, from Italian cascata, from Italian cascare, from Vulgar Latin casicare, from Latin cadēre, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō — to fall.

каскадный (Russian): cascade

Definitions

  1. cascade

Ancestry of “каскадный”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкаска́дcascade
2Frenchcascadecascade; a stunt performed for cinematic...
3Italiancascatacascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
4Italiancascareto fall
5Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
6Latincadēre
7Latincadōto fall, to fall out
8Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-