Etymograph

English

concision

Concision comes from French concision, from Latin concisiō ‘cutting (act of)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’.

  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 CEconcīdō‘cut’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcisiōas concisiō(n)‘cutting (act of)’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcision
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1692–1717same form

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 CEconcīdō‘cut’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEconcisiōas concisiō(n)‘cutting (act of)’
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentconcision
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1692–1717same form

Earliest quotation: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions: “those of the Concision who made it”.

Linked words

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

hit, 28 more

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

scissors, 26 more

through Latin caedō ‘cut’

decision, cement, precise, chisel, scissor, circumcision, incision, incisive, caesium, excision, incisor, 27 more

Today it means

noun Synonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).

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

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

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