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Where does “cát-ca-đơ” come from?

cát-ca-đơ (Vietnamese) comes from French cascadeur, 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.

cát-ca-đơ (Vietnamese): a stuntman; a stuntperson

Definitions

  1. a stuntman; a stuntperson

Ancestry of “cát-ca-đơ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcascadeurstuntman, stuntperson
2Frenchcascadecascade; a stunt performed for cinematic...
3Italiancascatacascade, waterfall; fall; cascade
4Italiancascareto fall
5Vulgar Latincasicarepresent active infinitive of *casicō
6Latincadēre—
7Latincadō—
8Proto-Italickadōfall, sink
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱad-to fall
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