English
abscind
Abscind comes from Latin abscindere ‘cut off’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabscindere‘cut off’
- Englishtodayabscind
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabscindere‘cut off’
- Englishtodayabscind
A compound of ab ‘from, away from’ + scindō ‘cut, rend’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’
Proto-Italic *ap ‘from, off, away’
Latin ab ‘from, away from’
Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- ‘to split, divide’
Proto-Indo-European *skinédti ~ *skindénti ‘to split, to dissect’
Proto-Italic *skindō ‘to cut, tear, rend, separate’
Latin scindō ‘cut, rend’
Every English word from Latin abscindere
Today it means
verb To cut off.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin abscindere / abscind