Where does “incisor” come from?

Incisor comes from Latin incisor, from the past participle incisus of Latin incidere, meaning to cut into, derived from the prefix in- and Latin cadere.

incisor (English): One of the front teeth of mammals, between the...

Definitions

One of the front teeth of mammals, between the...

Ancestry of “incisor”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	New Latin	incisor	—
2	Latin	incidō	to cut or hew open, into, through, or up; to dissect, slit, sever; to clip
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “incisor”

nasoincisor

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