cisoir

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin cīsōrium, from Latin caedere (“cut”).

Noun

cisoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural cisoirs, nominative singular cisoirs, nominative plural cisoir)

1. cutting tool

Derived terms

• cisel

Descendants

• → Middle English: sisours, cisours, sisoures, sisurs, cysowres, cisurs, cysours, sesurs, sesours, sesurys, sysers
  • English: scissors
  • Scots: scissors, shissors, chizors
  • → Middle Welsh: siswrn
    • Welsh: siswrn
• → Middle Irish: sisúr
  • Irish: siosúr
  • Scottish Gaelic: siosar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caesorium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 40