Where does “ciment” come from?

ciment (Catalan) comes from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

ciment (Catalan): cement

Definitions

  1. cement

Ancestry of “ciment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
2Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →
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