Where does “excisie” come from?
excisie (Dutch) comes from French excision, from Middle French excision, from Latin excisio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “excisie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | excision | excision |
| 2 | Middle French | excision | excision; removal by cutting |
| 3 | Latin | excisio | cutting off, out or down; excision; destroying |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |