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Where does “cedimento” come from?

cedimento (Italian) comes from Italian cedere, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

cedimento (Italian): sinking, subsiding; collapse, breakdown

Definitions

  1. sinking, subsiding; collapse, breakdown

Ancestry of “cedimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancedereto retreat; to yield, surrender or give in, give...
2Latincēdō—
3Proto-Italickedōgive here!
4Proto-Italickehere
5Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →