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Where does “cisoires” come from?

cisoires (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin cisoria, from Late Latin cisorium, from Latin caedere — second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “cisoires”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cisoires”

  • scissors
  • scissor
  • scissoring
  • microscissors
  • scissorlike
  • scissortail
  • scissorbill
  • scissorwise
  • sciss
  • scissorer
  • scissorstail
  • grafting scissors
  • sisours
  • sisoures
  • cizo
  • cizagar
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