decadent

The story

1. Latin · derived fromdē-
2. Late Latin · derived fromdēcadēns
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromdēcadentia
4. French · derived fromdécadent
5. English todaydecadent

From French décadent, a back-formation from décadence (see -ent), from Medieval Latin dēcadentia, from Late Latin dēcadēns, present participle of dēcadō, dēcidō (“sink, fall; perish”), from Latin dē- + cadō (“fall”).

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