caedo.
to cut, hew, fell
Meaning & usage
to cut, hew, fell
to strike, beat
to kill, to murder
to defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō From Proto-Italic *kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”). Cognates include Old High German heia (“wooden hammer”), Old Armenian խայթ (xaytʻ, “sting”) and Sanskrit खिदति (khídati, “to tear, press”) (root खिद् (khid)).
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