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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

  1. a pair of shears, scissors

Ancestry of “sisúr”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sisúr”

  • siosúr
  • siosúrtha
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