Where does “cimentare” come from?
cimentare (Romanian) comes from Romanian cimenta, from Romanian ciment, from Italian cimento, from French ciment, from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
cimentare (Romanian): cementation
Definitions
- cementation
Ancestry of “cimentare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | cimenta | to cement |
| 2 | Romanian | ciment | cement |
| 3 | Italian | cimento | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | French | ciment | cement |
| 5 | Latin | caementum | rough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;... |
| 6 | Latin | caedō | to cut, hew, fell |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |