Where does “cedar” come from?

cedar (Latin) comes from Latin cedo, from Proto-Italic kezdō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱyesdʰ- — to drive away; to go away.

cedar (Latin): first-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “cedar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincedoI go, move, proceed, go along, move along; I...
2Proto-Italickezdō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱyesdʰ-to drive away; to go away
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱyesdʰ- →Every word from Proto-Italic kezdō →Every word from Latin cedo →