Where does “ciment” come from?

ciment (Romanian) comes from Italian cimento, from French ciment, from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

ciment (Romanian): cement

Definitions

  1. cement

Ancestry of “ciment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancimentofirst-person singular present indicative of...
2Frenchcimentcement
3Latincaementumrough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;...
4Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
5Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

Words derived from “ciment”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →