| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | ka -id- |
| DEFINITION: | To strike. Oldest form *ke2-id-, colored to *ka2-id-. 1. caesura, cement, cestus2, chisel, –cide, scissor; abscise, circumcise, concise, decide, excise2, incise, precise, recision, from Latin caedere, to cut, strike. 2. Caelum, ceil, sallet, from Latin caelum (? < *caedum), sculptor's chisel. (Pokorny (s)k(h)ai- 917.) |
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