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Where does “noncement” come from?

noncement (English) 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-.

noncement (English): Not of or pertaining to cement

Definitions

  1. Not of or pertaining to cement

Ancestry of “noncement”, 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- →