Where does “cisoir” come from?

cisoir (Old French) comes from Latin cīsōrium, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.

cisoir (Old French): cutting tool

Definitions

  1. cutting tool

Ancestry of “cisoir”, step by step

cisoir traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin cīsōrium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincīsōriumcutting instrument
2Latincaedōto cut, hew, fell
3Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
4Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—

via Late Latin cisorium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latincisoriumcutting tool

Words derived from “cisoir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →Every word from Proto-Italic kaidō →Every word from Latin caedō →