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Where does “caesious” come from?

caesious (English) comes from Latin caesius, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

caesious (English): Having a blue color very low in chroma

Definitions

  1. Having a blue color very low in chroma

Ancestry of “caesious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaesiusbluish-gray, gray-eyed, blue-eyed, cat-eyed;...
2Latincaedō—
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →