kad- / Indo-European roots

Examples of words with the root kad-: accident, cadaver, cadence, cadent, caducous, cascade, case, chance, chute, decay, deciduous, escheat, incident, occasion, recidivism.

kad-

To fall.

Oldest form *k̑ad-, becoming *kad- in centum languages. cadaver, cadence, cadent, caducous, cascade, case¹, casual, casualty, casuist, chance, chute; accident, decay, deciduous, escheat, incident, occasion, occident, recidivism from Latin cadere, to fall, die.

[Pokorny 1. k̑ad- 516.]

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