Where does “trucidate” come from?

trucidate (Latin) comes from Latin trucido, from Latin caedo, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

trucidate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “trucidate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintrucidoI slaughter, massacre, cut to pieces, kill in a...
2LatincaedoI cut, hew, fell; I strike, beat; I kill, I...
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 caedo →