Where does “cincel” come from?
cincel (Spanish) comes from Old French cisel, from Vulgar Latin cisellum, from Latin caesellum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō, from Proto-Italic kaidō, from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id-.
cincel (Spanish): chisel
Ancestry of “cincel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | cisel | pair of scissors |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cisellum | — |
| 3 | Latin | caesellum | — |
| 4 | Latin | caesus | cut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed |
| 5 | Latin | caedō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |
Words derived from “cincel”