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
- to shear; cut with shears or wire cutters
Ancestry of “cizallar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cizalla | shears, pair of shears, cutter |
| 2 | French | cisailles | shears, clippers; second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Old French | cisaille | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | cisac(u)la | — |
| 5 | Latin | caesacula | — |
| 6 | Latin | caesaculum | — |
| 7 | Latin | caesus | cut, hewn, felled; struck, beaten; killed |
| 8 | Latin | caedō | to cut, hew, fell |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaidō | to cut, to hew, to fell |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂id- | — |