CADERE

Etymology and Meaning

  • Etymon: CADERE
  • Language of the etymon: Latin
  • Latin Conjugation: III
  • Meaning: fall

Comments

  • Largely absent from modern French

    The reflex of CADERE has been replaced in modern French by tomber (possibly onomatopoeic in origin); forms of the verb ch(e)oir survive only in certain set phrases and expressions.

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