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

Etymograph / Latin cadō