Where does “sion” come from?

sion (Middle English) comes from Old French cion, from Frankish kīþō, from Proto-Germanic kīþô, from Proto-Indo-European geye- — to split open, to sprout.

Ancestry of “sion”, step by step

sion traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French cion

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcionchild, usually a newborn
2Frankishkīþō—
3Proto-Germanickīþô—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangeye-to split open, to sprout

via Middle English syon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishsyonAlternative spelling of sioun
2Ecclesiastical LatinSion—
3Koine GreekΣῑών—
4HebrewצִיּוֹןZion

Words derived from “sion”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European geye- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kīþô →Every word from Frankish kīþō →