Etymograph

English

caducicorn

Caducicorn comes from Latin caducus ‘falling’, from cadō ‘to fall’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱad-1‘to fall’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱádeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kadō1‘to fall, sink’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcadō1‘to fall’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaducus2‘falling’
  6. Englishtodaycaducicorn2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin caducus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English caducicorn

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱad-Wiktionary, Latin caducus‘to fall’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱádetiWiktionary, Latin caducusreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kadōWiktionary, Latin caducus‘to fall, sink’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcadōWiktionary, Latin caducus‘to fall’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaducusWiktionary, English caducicorn‘falling’
  6. EnglishtodaycaducicornWiktionary, English caducicorn

Linked words

through Latin cadō ‘to fall’

case, chance, accident, incident, occasion, cheat, decay, incidence, casualty, coincide, cadence, occidental, deciduous, decadent, recidivism, cadaver, occident, 14 more

Today it means

adj Having deciduous horns or antlers.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “caducicorn”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin caducus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- / caducicorn

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