Etymograph

English

cis

Cis comes from Latin cis ‘on this side (of), on the near or same side’, from Proto-Italic *ki ‘here’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱís ‘this’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱís‘this’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ki‘here’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcis‘on this side (of), on the near or same side’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1984same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱís‘this’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ki‘here’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcis‘on this side (of), on the near or same side’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1984same form

Earliest quotation: 1984, American Chemical Society. Division of P: “9 is thought to survive longer when the CH…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ḱís ‘this’

he, her, him, hey, en, hence, hitherto, hither

Today it means

adj Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱís / cis

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