Proto-Indo-European

*ḱád-e-ti

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

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱád-e-ti, most familiar first.

• case ← cas ← cas ← cāsus ← cadō
• chance ← cheance ← *cadentia ← cadō ← *kadō
• incident ← incidens ← incidō ← cadō ← *kadō
• occasion ← occasioun ← occasiun ← occāsiōnem ← cadō
• cheat ← achetan ← escheat ← *excadēre ← cadō
• incidence ← incidentia ← incidens ← incidere ← cadō
• casualty ← casuel ← casualitas ← cāsus ← cadō
• coincide ← coïncider ← coincidere ← cadō ← *kadō
• cadence ← cadenza ← *cadentia ← cadō ← *kadō
• decadent ← décadence ← dēcadentia ← dēcadēns ← dēcidō
• cadaver ← cadō ← *kadō
• escheat ← eschete ← *excadēre ← cadō ← *kadō

More words from *ḱád-e-ti

• cadent
• cadavera
• caducibranchiate

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱád-e-ti