Etymograph

English

cementum

Cementum comes from Latin caementum ‘cement’, from caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaementum‘cement’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2005cementum

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaementum‘cement’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2005cementum

Earliest quotation: 2005, Herbert F. Wolf, Klaus H. Rateitschak: “From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

hit, 28 more

through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

scissors, 26 more

through Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

decision, precise, concise, incision, circumcision, chisel, scissor, incisive, excision, incisor, caesium, 27 more

Today it means

noun A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / cementum

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