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Reconstruction:Latin/cadentia
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Latin
Etymology
From cadent- + -ia, or from the neuter plural of cadens (“falling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈdɛntʲa/
Noun
*cadentia f (plural *cadentiās) (Proto-Romance)
- fall, falling
Descendants
- Italian: cadenza (see there for further descendants)
- Old Franco-Provençal: chenci[1]
- Old French: cheance (see there for further descendants)
- Romanian: cădință
References
- The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 1991. Page 100.
- Devaux, André. 1892. Essai sur la langue vulgaire du Dauphiné septentrional au moyen âge. Paris: H. Welter. Page 215.