Latin

caedō

‘cut’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin caedō.

39 English words in this record descend from Latin caedō, most familiar first.

• decision ← dēcīsiō ← dēcīdō
• precise ← précis ← praecīsus
• cement ← syment ← ciment ← caementum
• scissors ← sisours ← cisoirs ← cīsōria ← cīsōrium
• concise ← concīsus ← concīdere
• circumcision ← circumcisioun ← circumcisioun ← circumcīsiō ← circumcīdō
• incision ← inscicioun ← incisiō ← incidō
• chisel ← cisoir ← cīsōrium
• scissor ← cysour ← sisours ← cisoires
• incisive ← incīsīvus ← incīdō
• excision ← excīsiō ← excīdō
• incisor ← incīdō

More words from caedō

• caesium
• précis
• concision
• caesura
• castrato
• cementum
• feticide
• cestus
• bactericide
• abscise
• bactericidin
• bactericidally
• caesious
• cestuan
• cervicide
• ceduous
• circumcisor
• culturcide
• culturecide
• culturecidal
• culturcidal
• excisor
• genocidaire
• génocidaire
• nasoincisor
• scissel
• septicidal

Etymograph / Latin caedō