Where does “discide” come from?
discide (English) comes from Latin discidere, from Latin discindo, from Latin scindo, from Proto-Italic skindō, from Proto-Indo-European skinédti, from Proto-Indo-European sḱeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
discide (English): To cut apart; to cut into pieces
Definitions
- To cut apart; to cut into pieces
Ancestry of “discide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | discidere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 2 | Latin | discindo | I cut, tear or divide in two |
| 3 | Latin | scindo | I cut, tear, rend or break asunder; carve; split,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | skindō | to cut, to tear, to rend, to separate |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skinédti | to be cutting off |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |
Words derived from “discide”