cadence的词源

英文词源

cadence (n.)

late 14c., "flow of rhythm in verse or music," from Middle French cadence, from Old Italian cadenza "conclusion of a movement in music," literally "a falling," from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from neuter plural of Latin cadens, present participle of cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). In 16c., sometimes used literally for "an act of falling." A doublet of chance (n.).

中文词源

cadence：抑扬顿挫

来自词根cid, 掉落。词源同case, accident.

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