LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

excadē̆re

*excadē̆re

Meaning

  1. Proto Romanceliterallyreconstructionfall out
  2. Proto Romancebroadlyreconstructionhappen
  3. Proto Romancebroadlyreconstructiondecline, diminish

Origins

From ex- + cadĕre and its Late Latin variant cadēre. Compare the Classical equivalent excidĕre, showing historic vowel reduction of /a/. Eventually surfaces in thirteenth-century Medieval Latin as excadere, a borrowing from Romance or internal formation.

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanescaure
  • Occitanescàserfrom Old Occitan eschazer
  • Occitanescairefrom Old Occitan eschazer
  • Occitanescàiguerfrom Old Occitan eschazer
Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchéchoirfrom Old French escheoir
  • Englishescheatfrom Old French escheoir
  • Englishcheatfrom Old French escheoir
Italo-Romance
  • Italianscadére
  • Sicilianscàdiri
Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianscădea, scădere
  • Aromanianscad, scãdeari
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Franco-Provençalèchêre
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianscjadê
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmontesescade

In English words that came into English from excadē̆re

  • cheat*excadēre
  • escheat*excadēre

Quick answers

What does excadē̆re mean in Latin?
excadē̆re, a verb, means “fall out; happen; decline, diminish”.