Where does “цемент” come from?
цемент (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Zement, from Middle High German cēment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
цемент (Serbo-Croatian): cement
Ancestry of “цемент”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Zement | cement |
| 2 | Middle High German | cēment | — |
| 3 | Old French | ciment | — |
| 4 | Latin | caementum | rough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;... |
| 5 | Latin | caedō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |