Where does “cimiento” come from?
cimiento (Spanish) comes from Latin caementum, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
cimiento (Spanish): foundation; foundation, groundwork
Definitions
- foundation; foundation, groundwork
Ancestry of “cimiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | caementum | rough stone from the quarry; chips of marble;... |
| 2 | Latin | caedō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |
Words derived from “cimiento”