myEtymology.com: English etymology of cementing

Etymology of the English word cementing

the English word cementing

derived from the English word cement

derived from the Old French word ciment

derived from the Latin word caementum (rough stone; cement; mortar; small stones, rubble; quarry stones)

derived from the Late Latin word caedere (chop, hew, cut out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaə-id-