Where does “écimage” come from?
écimage (French) comes from French écimer, from French cime, from French cimetière, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimiterium, from Late Latin coemeterium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον, from Ancient Greek κοιμάω — to be lying down; to settle.
écimage (French): the act of pollarding, the act of cutting off the...
Definitions
- the act of pollarding, the act of cutting off the...
Ancestry of “écimage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | écimer | to pollard, to prune a tree's top to improve the... |
| 2 | French | cime | peak, summit; top |
| 3 | French | cimetière | cemetery, graveyard |
| 4 | Old French | cimitiere | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cimiterium | — |
| 6 | Late Latin | coemeterium | cemetery, churchyard, burial ground |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κοιμητήριον | sleeping chamber |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κοιμάω | put to sleep, lull; to sleep |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |