Where does “sisúr” come from?
sisúr (Middle Irish) comes from Anglo-Norman cisoires, from Vulgar Latin cisoria, from Late Latin cisorium, from Latin caedere — second-person singular future passive indicative...
sisúr (Middle Irish): a pair of shears, scissors
Definitions
- a pair of shears, scissors
Ancestry of “sisúr”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | cisoires | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cisoria | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | cisorium | cutting tool |
| 4 | Latin | caedere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
Words derived from “sisúr”