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Where does “cizallar” come from?

cizallar (Spanish) comes from Spanish cizalla, from French cisailles, from Old French cisaille, from Vulgar Latin cisac(u)la, from Latin caesacula, from Latin caesaculum, from Latin caesus, from Latin caedō.

cizallar (Spanish): to shear; cut with shears or wire cutters

Definitions

  1. to shear; cut with shears or wire cutters

Ancestry of “cizallar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcizallashears, pair of shears, cutter
2Frenchcisaillesshears, clippers; second-person singular present...
3Old Frenchcisaille—
4Vulgar Latincisac(u)la—
5Latincaesacula—
6Latincaesaculum—
7Latincaesuscut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed
8Latincaedō—
9Proto-Italickaidōto cut, to hew, to fell
10Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂id-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂id- →