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 |
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| 1 | New Latin | incisor | — |
| 2 | Latin | incidō | — |
| 3 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 4 | Latin | în | — |
| 5 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |