Where does “scintilla” come from?

scintilla (English) comes from Latin scintilla, from Proto-Indo-European ski-nto-, from Proto-Indo-European skey-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

scintilla (English): A small spark or flash; A small or trace amount

Definitions

  1. A small spark or flash; A small or trace amount

Ancestry of “scintilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscintillaspark; glimmer
2Proto-Indo-Europeanski-nto-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanskey-to split, to dissect
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “scintilla”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →