caedo

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Latin word caedo comes from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-, and later Proto-Italic *kaidō (To cut, to hew, to fell.)

*kh₂eyd- (Proto-Indo-European)

*kaidō (Proto-Italic)

To cut, to hew, to fell.

caedo (Latin)

Cut, hew, fell.. Defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side).. Kill.. Strike, beat.

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