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Where does “sisoures” come from?

sisoures (Middle English) comes from Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin cisoria, from Late Latin cisorium, from Latin caedere — second-person singular future passive indicative...

sisoures (Middle English): Alternative form of sisours

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of sisours

Ancestry of “sisoures”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcisoires—
2Vulgar Latincisoria—
3Late Latincisoriumcutting tool
4Latincaederesecond-person singular future passive indicative...

Words derived from “sisoures”

  • scissors
  • scissor
  • scissoring
  • microscissors
  • scissorlike
  • scissortail
  • scissorbill
  • scissorwise
  • sciss
  • scissorer
  • scissorstail
  • grafting scissors
  • cizo
  • cizagar
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