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Where does “trucidar” come from?

trucidar (Spanish) comes from Latin trucīdō, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

trucidar (Spanish): to slaughter; to butcher

Definitions

  1. to slaughter; to butcher

Ancestry of “trucidar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintrucīdō—
2Latincaedō—
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →