English
falcade
Falcade comes from French falcade, from Latin falx ‘a sickle or scythe’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- ‘to sting’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰelg-‘to sting’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfalx‘a sickle or scythe’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfalcade
- Englishearliest quotation 1717same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰelg-‘to sting’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfalx‘a sickle or scythe’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfalcade
- Englishearliest quotation 1717same form
Earliest quotation: 1717, Jacques de Solleysel: “let him make two or three Falcades or Times…”
Equivalent to falx + -ade
Linked words
through Latin falx ‘a sickle or scythe’
Today it means
noun A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- / falcade