Where does “scissile” come from?
scissile (English) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy- — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
scissile (English): Readily cut or split; easily broken
Definitions
- Readily cut or split; easily broken
Ancestry of “scissile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scissilis | That can be easily split, cleft or rent |
| 2 | Latin | scissus | broken asunder; divided or separated by force |
| 3 | Latin | scindere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | scindo | I cut, tear, rend or break asunder; carve; split,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | skindō | to cut, to tear, to rend, to separate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | skinédti | to be cutting off |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |