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Where does “سمنت” come from?

سمنت (Arabic) comes from English cement, from Middle English syment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

سمنت (Arabic): to cement; first-person singular past active of...

Definitions

  1. to cement; first-person singular past active of...

Ancestry of “سمنت”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcementA powdered substance produced by firing calcium...
2Middle EnglishsymentCement, mortar, or a similar substance used in...
3Old Frenchciment—
4Latincaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
5Latincaedō—
6Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →