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Where does “cemento” come from?

cemento (Italian) comes from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

cemento (Italian): cement; link, bond; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. cement; link, bond; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “cemento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
2Latincaedō—
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

Words derived from “cemento”

  • cementopoli
  • ferrocemento
  • cementificare
  • cementificio
  • τσιμέντο
  • çimento
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