cadaver
English
/kəˈdæv.ə(ɹ)/, /kəˈdævɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cadāver root from Proto-Indo-European *ḱh₂d- (fall).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱh₂d-
Gloss
fall
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- accidence English
- accidentally English
- cadaverize English
- cadaverous English
- cadaverously English
- cadaverousness English
- casualty English
- incident English
- occiduous English
- recidivate English
- recidivism English
- recidivistic English
- recidivous English
- accidēns Latin
- cadaver Latin
- cadere Latin
- cadāver Latin
- casus Latin
- cāsuālis Latin
- decadens Latin
- decadentia Latin
- decido Latin
- dēciduus Latin
- dēcidō, decidere Latin
- excido Latin
- incidens Latin
- occasionem Latin
- occidens Latin
- occidentalis Latin
- occidentem Latin
- recidivus Latin
- recido Latin
- Kadaver German
- cascata Italian
- cadavre French
- coïncider French
- récidiviste French
- *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱh₂d- Proto-Indo-European
- cadàver Catalan, Valencian
- cadâvre Norman
- *kadō Proto-Italic