Where does “scissors” come from?
Scissors comes from Middle English sisoures, from Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin cisoria, from Latin cisorium, ultimately from Latin caedo meaning "to cut" via the root Proto-Indo-European kh₂eyd-.
scissors (English): A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting...
Definitions
- A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting...
Ancestry of “scissors”, step by step
scissors traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scissor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scissor | One blade on a pair of scissors; Scissors; Used... |
| 2 | Latin | scindō | to cut, tear |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | skindō | to cut, to tear, to rend, to separate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | skinédti | to be cutting off |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱeyd- | to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |