Where does “decadente” come from?

decadente (Spanish) comes from Latin decadēns, from Latin decadō, from Latin cadō, from Proto-Italic kadō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱad- — to fall.

decadente (Spanish): decadent

Definitions

  1. decadent

Ancestry of “decadente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindecadēns
2Latindecadō
3Latincadōto fall, to fall out
4Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall

Words derived from “decadente

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱad-