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Where does “cisel” come from?

cisel (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin cisellum, from Latin caesellum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

cisel (Old French): pair of scissors

Definitions

  1. pair of scissors

Ancestry of “cisel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latincisellum—
2Latincaesellum—
3Latincaesuscut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed
4Latincaedō—
5Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

Words derived from “cisel”

  • ciseau
  • ciseaux
  • cizo
  • cizagar
  • chisel
  • sizo
  • sizo
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