Where does “sforbiciare” come from?

sforbiciare (Italian) comes from Italian forbici, from Latin forficis, from Latin forfex, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ-.

sforbiciare (Italian): To snip, to cut

Definitions

  1. To snip, to cut

Ancestry of “sforbiciare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianforbiciscissors; shears
2Latinforficisgenitive singular of forfex; shears
3Latinforfexpair of shears or scissors
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrdʰ-—

Words derived from “sforbiciare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrdʰ- →Every word from Latin forfex →Every word from Latin forficis →