Where does “césure” come from?

césure (French) comes from Latin caesūra, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

césure (French): caesura (a pause or interruption)

Definitions

  1. caesura (a pause or interruption)

Ancestry of “césure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaesūraa cutting, felling, hewing down
2Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

Words derived from “césure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →