Etymograph

English

abscise

Abscise comes from Latin abscīsus ‘steep, sheer, precipitous’, from abscīdō ‘cut off’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘cut’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabscīdō‘cut off’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabscīsus‘steep, sheer, precipitous’perfect passive participle of abscīdō
  7. Englishtodayabscise

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘cut’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabscīdō‘cut off’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEabscīsus‘steep, sheer, precipitous’perfect passive participle of abscīdō
  7. Englishtodayabscise

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

hit, 27 more

through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

scissors, 25 more

through Latin caedō ‘cut’

decision, cement, precise, circumcision, concise, incision, chisel, incisive, excision, scissor, caesium, incisor, 26 more

Today it means

verb To cut off.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / abscise

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