Where does “ciseau” come from?

ciseau (French) comes from Old French cisel, from Vulgar Latin cisellum, from Latin caesellum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

ciseau (French): chisel; sculpture; scissors

Definitions

  1. chisel; sculpture; scissors

Ancestry of “ciseau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchciselpair of scissors
2Vulgar Latincisellum—
3Latincaesellum—
4Latincaesuscut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed
5Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
6Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
7Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

Words derived from “ciseau”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →