Where does “incisive” come from?

Incisive comes from Middle French incisif, meaning sharp or cutting.

incisive (English): Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in...

Definitions

  1. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in...

Ancestry of “incisive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinincīsīvus—
2Latinincidōto cut or hew open, into, through, or up; to dissect, slit, sever; to clip
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “incisive”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →