(conjugation-3) to defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side)
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[ˈkae̯.doː]
Etimologia (Anglès)
From Proto-Italic *kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂id-, *kh₂eyd- (“to cut, hew”).
Cognates include Old High German heia (“wooden hammer”), Old Armenian խայթ (xaytʻ, “sting”) and Sanskrit खिदति (khídati, “to tear, press”).