The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱh₂d-
- Latin · derived fromcadere
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*cāsicāre
- Italian · derived fromcascata
- French · derived fromcascade
- English todaycascade
From French cascade, from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *cāsicāre, derived from Latin cadere, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d-.
Words from the same roots
Latincadere all →
chance
Proto-Indo-European*ḱh₂d- all →
coincident
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.