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Where does “cisar” come from?

cisar (Portuguese) comes from Latin scissus, from Latin scindere, from Latin scindo, from Proto-Italic skindō, from Proto-Indo-European skinédti, from Proto-Indo-European sḱeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European sḱēy-, from Proto-Germanic skaidą — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...

cisar (Portuguese): to cut, to separate

Definitions

  1. to cut, to separate

Ancestry of “cisar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinscissusbroken asunder; divided or separated by force
2Latinscinderesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatinscindoI cut, tear, rend or break asunder; carve; split,...
4Proto-Italicskindōto cut, to tear, to rend, to separate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskinédtito be cutting off
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱeyd-to shade; to cut off; to part with, separate, cut...
7Proto-Indo-Europeansḱēy-to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,...
8Proto-Germanicskaidąseparation, distinction
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanskÁit-to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
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