Where does “caementum” come from?
caementum (Latin) comes from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
caementum (Latin): rough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
Definitions
- rough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
Ancestry of “caementum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | caedō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |
Words derived from “caementum”