Where does “scissor” come from?
Scissor comes from Middle English sisoures, from Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin cisoria, from Latin cisorium, derived from the Latin past participle caesus of caedo meaning to cut.
scissor (English): One blade on a pair of scissors; Scissors; Used...
Definitions
- One blade on a pair of scissors; Scissors; Used...
Ancestry of “scissor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | scindō | to cut, tear |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | skindō | to cut, to tear, to rend, to separate |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | skinédti | to be cutting off |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |