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Where does “nonscissile” come from?

nonscissile (English) comes from English scissile, from Latin scissilis, from Latin scissus, from Latin scindere, from Latin scindo, from Proto-Italic skindō, from Proto-Indo-European skinédti, from Proto-Indo-European sḱeyd- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

nonscissile (English): Not scissile

Definitions

  1. Not scissile

Ancestry of “nonscissile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscissileReadily cut or split; easily broken
2LatinscissilisThat can be easily split, cleft or rent
3Latinscissusbroken asunder; divided or separated by force
4Latinscinderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5LatinscindoI cut, tear, rend or break asunder; carve; split,...
6Proto-Italicskindōto cut, to tear, to rend, to separate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanskinédtito be cutting off
8Proto-Indo-Europeansḱeyd-to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut...
9Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
10Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
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