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clades.

a breaking

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkɫaː.deːs]Classical-Latin[ˈklaː.des]

  1. a breaking

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  2. destruction, disaster

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  3. defeat

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Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *klādēs, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂d-, from *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *kladiwos, Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kálˀtei (“to beat”) (compare Lithuanian kálti (“to hammer”), Old Church Slavonic клати (klati, “to stab”)), Old English hild (“war, battle”). Related to Latin percellō, procella.

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