Proto-Indo-European

*ḱh₂d-

‘to fall’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-, most familiar first.

• chance ← cheance ← *cadentia ← cadō ← *kadō
• incident ← incidens ← incidō ← cadō ← *kadō
• occasion ← occasioun ← occasiun ← occāsiōnem ← cadō
• casual ← casuel ← cāsuālis ← cāsus
• coincidence
• incidence ← incidentia ← incidens ← incidere ← cadō
• casualty ← casuel ← casualitas ← cāsus ← cadō
• coincide ← coïncider ← coincidere ← cadō ← *kadō
• cascade ← cascata ← cascare ← *cāsicāre ← cadere
• cadence ← cadenza ← *cadentia ← cadō ← *kadō
• decadent ← décadence ← dēcadentia ← dēcadēns ← dēcidō
• decadence ← decadentia

More words from *ḱh₂d-

• cadaver
• coincident
• case

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-