cado.
to fall, to fall out
Meaning & usage
to fall, to fall out
to fall in battle, die, be slain, fall so as to be unable to rise
to be frustrated, fail, to be or remain fruitless
to lose all one's strength, worth, value, perish, vanish, cease, decay
to abate, to subside, to die away
to suit, to be suitable for (+ in + accusative)
to fall under, to come under (+ in or sub + accusative)
to happen, occur, befall, fall upon, fall to, turn out come to pass
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti, from *ḱad- (“to fall”) + *-eti. Compare Old Armenian ցածնում (cʻacnum), Old Irish cassar (“hail, lightning”), Welsh cesair (“hail”), Breton kazerc'h, and Cornish keser.
dative/ablative singular of cadus
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti, from *ḱad- (“to fall”) + *-eti. Compare Old Armenian ցածնում (cʻacnum), Old Irish cassar (“hail, lightning”), Welsh cesair (“hail”), Breton kazerc'h, and Cornish keser.
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