Etymology

caesura

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Today it means: A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art. Full definition →

Latin caesūra ← Proto-Italic *kaidō ← Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  4. Latincaedō
  5. Latincaesūra
  6. English todaycaesura

Latin caesūra (“cutting, hewing”), from caesus, perfect passive participle of caedō (“to cut down, hew”).

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