Cemented
/sɪˈmɛn.tɪd/noun
Fixed or bound firmly in place; also hardened into a solid mass.
Did you know?Cement and words like cemented descend from Latin caementum, “broken stone,” from caedere, “to cut,” so the idea began with stone fragments cut from rock and ended up meaning something made unbreakable.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kaid-
“to cut, strike, or split”
Latin
Latin
caedere
“to cut, fell, or hew”
Latin
Latin
caementum
“broken stone; rough building stone or rubble”
Old French
Old French
ciment
“mortar; binding material”
Middle English
English
cement
“mortar or binding substance”
Modern English
English
cemented
“made firm, fixed, or bound together”