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Where does “cimento” come from?

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

cimento (Italian): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “cimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcimentcement
2Latincaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
3Latincaedō—
4Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

Words derived from “cimento”

  • cimentare
  • cimentoso
  • cimento
  • ciment
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →