Where does “incision” come from?
incision (Middle English) comes from Old French incision, from Late Latin incisio, from Latin incidō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
Ancestry of “incision”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | incision | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | incisio | cutting in two |
| 3 | Latin | incidō | to cut or hew open, into, through, or up; to dissect, slit, sever; to clip |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |