cementer

See also: cémenter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin caementum

Old French cimentbor.

Middle English syment

English cement

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English cementer

From cement + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

cementer (plural cementers)

1. A person who applies cement.
2. A substance that cements.
3. (figurative) That which confirms or unites.
   • 2011, Bill Gallaher, The Journey: The Overlanders' Quest for Gold, page 93:

     More than a day of rest, Sunday was a cementer of relationships, a soother of the mind, a comfort to the body and an elixir for the soul.

Translations

person who applies cement

• French: cimentier (fr) m
• Romanian: cimentist (ro) m, cimentistă (ro) f

Anagrams

• cerement, re-cement, recement