Where does “sisours” come from?
sisours (Middle English) comes from Old French cisoires, from Vulgar Latin cisoria, from Late Latin cisorium, from Latin caedere — second-person singular future passive indicative...
sisours (Middle English): scissors, shears; candle extinguisher
Definitions
- scissors, shears; candle extinguisher
Ancestry of “sisours”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | cisoires | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cisoria | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | cisorium | cutting tool |
| 4 | Latin | caedere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
Words derived from “sisours”