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Where does “sciure” come from?

sciure (French) comes from French scier, from Middle French scier, from Old French seier, from Latin secāre, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sciure (French): sawdust

Definitions

  1. sawdust

Ancestry of “sciure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchscierto saw, to cut with a saw
2Middle Frenchscier—
3Old Frenchseier—
4Latinsecāre—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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