Where does “Zement” come from?

Zement (German) comes from Middle High German cēment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

Zement (German): cement

Definitions

  1. cement

Ancestry of “Zement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germancēment—
2Old Frenchciment—
3Latincaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
4Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
5Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

Words derived from “Zement”

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