Where does “transcidens” come from?
transcidens (Latin) comes from Latin transcido, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
Ancestry of “transcidens”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | transcido | I cut or strike across or through, flog soundly |
| 2 | Latin | caedō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |