Etymology

cade

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Middle English cade
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cade · adjective, noun, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromcade
  2. English todaycade

From Middle English cade, kad, kod, ultimately of unknown origin.

cade · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromcatanum
  2. Old Occitan · derived fromcade
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromcade
  4. English todaycade

Borrowed from Middle French cade, from Old Occitan cade, from Latin catanum.

cade · noun3

  1. Latin · derived fromcadus“bottle, jar”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromcade“barrel”
  3. English todaycade

Borrowed from Middle French cade (“barrel”), from Latin cadus (“bottle, jar”).

Cade · proper noun4

  1. Latin · derived fromcadus
  2. Old French · derived fromcade“barrel, cask”
  3. English todayCade

* As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense. * Also as an English occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), from Latin cadus. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cade (sense 1) (“domestic animal”). * As a French surname, spelling variant of Cadé, from cade (“juniper”).

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