Etymology of the English word cascade
the English word
cascadederived from the French word
cascadederived from the Italian word
cascataderived from the Italian word
cascare (to fall)
derived from the Latin root
*casicarederived 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 cascade in English dates from the 17th century.
Cognates
Dutch
cascade, French
cascade, German
Kaskade, Norwegian
kaskade, Swedish
kaskadUsage
Word found in Modern English
