CASCADE

I. noun Etymology: French, from Italian cascata, from cascare to fall, from Vulgar Latin *casicare, from Latin casus fall Date: 1641 a steep usually small fall of water, 2. something arranged or occurring in a series or in a succession of stages so that each stage derives from or acts upon the product of the preceding , a fall of material (as lace) that hangs in a zigzag line, something falling or rushing forth in quantity , II. verb (~d; cascading) Date: 1702 intransitive verb to fall, pour, or rush in or as if in a ~, transitive verb to cause to fall like a ~, to connect in a ~ arrangement