Latin
cadō
‘to fall, to drop’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin cadō.
32 English words in this record descend from Latin cadō, most familiar first.
- case ← cas ← cas ← cāsus
- chance ← cheance ← *cadentia
- accident ← accidēns ← accidō
- incident ← incidens ← incidō
- occasion ← occasioun ← occasiun ← occāsiōnem
- cheat ← achetan ← escheat ← *excadēre
- decay ← decaien ← decaeir ← *dēcadere ← dēcidō
- incidence ← incidentia ← incidens ← incidere
- casualty ← casuel ← casualitas ← cāsus
- coincide ← coïncider ← coincidere
- cadence ← cadenza ← *cadentia
- decadent ← décadence ← dēcadentia ← dēcadēns ← dēcidō
More words from cadō
- deciduous
- occidental
- cadaver
- recidivism
- occident
- recidivist
- decidua
- escheat
- caducous
- cadent
- caducity
- caducicorn
- caduce
- cadavera
- caducibranchiate
- recidivate
- recidive
- recidivous
- stillicide
- stillicidium
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Etymograph / Latin cadō