Etymology of the English word cadence
the English word
cadencederived from the Old French word
cadencederived from the Old Italian word
cadenzaderived from the Italian word
caderederived from the Latin word
cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kad- (to fall)
derived from the Late Latin word
cadentiaderived from the Latin word
cadensderived from the Latin word
cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kad- (to fall)
Date
The earliest known usage of cadence in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
cadenced,
cadencyCognates
Dutch
cadens, French
cadence, German
Kadenz, Norwegian
kadens, Swedish
kadensUsage
Word found in Modern English
