caedo

(conjugation-3) to cut, hew, fell
(conjugation-3) to strike, beat
(conjugation-3) to kill, to murder
(conjugation-3) to defeat decisively (defeat with heavy losses to the enemy side)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkae̯.doː]

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”).