Where does “litocemento” come from?

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

litocemento (Italian): a form of cement that contains small polished stones

Definitions

  1. a form of cement that contains small polished stones

Ancestry of “litocemento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancementocement; link, bond; first-person singular present...
2Latincaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
3Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
4Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →