Where does “percisus” come from?

percisus (Latin) comes from Latin percido, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

percisus (Latin): Broken, chopped

Definitions

  1. Broken, chopped

Ancestry of “percisus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpercidoI cut or beat to pieces, smash; I cut to pieces,...
2Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →