Cad/Cas/Cid/Cis
By Elyssa Novakowski
Cad/ Cas/ Cid/ Cis
This is a root word that means to fall. It is found in many daily used words, such as:
Accident, Cadaver, Coincidence, Casualty, Cascade, and Decadence.
The water cascaded down the rocks and into the gentle flowing river.
Cascade means to fall
What a coincidence running into you here!
Coincidence means the falling in together, usually of two or more events.
There are many casualties in war.
Casualty means to fall to your death (as a result of an accident, a disaster, or a war).