Where does “saxum” come from?

saxum (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

saxum (Latin): stone, rock; wall of stone

Definitions

  1. stone, rock; wall of stone

Ancestry of “saxum”, step by step

saxum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European sek-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Proto-Italic saksom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicsaksom—

Words derived from “saxum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →