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Where does “cicatrise” come from?

cicatrise (English) comes from Old French cicatriser, from Latin cicātrīx.

cicatrise (English): To heal a wound through scarring; To form a scar

Definitions

  1. To heal a wound through scarring; To form a scar

Ancestry of “cicatrise”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchcicatriserAlternative form of cicatrisier
2Latincicātrīx—
Every word from Latin cicātrīx →