myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of cimento

Etymology of the Portuguese word cimento

the Portuguese word cimento

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-

derived from the Latin word caementus

Dutch cement, English cement, French ciment, German Zement, Icelandic sement, Italian cemento, Lithuanian cementas, Russian цемент, Spanish cemento, Spanish cimento, Swedish cement