Proto-Indo-European

*kh₂eyd-

‘to cut, hew’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

42 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-, most familiar first.

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

More words from *kh₂eyd-

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-