Etymograph

English

excisor

Excisor comes from Latin excīsor ‘one who cuts out’, from caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’, 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‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcīdō‘to cut or hew out, off, or down’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcīsor‘one who cuts out’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2010excisor

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‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcīdō‘to cut or hew out, off, or down’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcīsor‘one who cuts out’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2010excisor

Earliest quotation: 2010, Population Reference Bureau, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Data and Trends: “Typically, traditional excisors have carried out the procedure, but…”

Equivalent to excise + -or

Middle Dutch excijs

English excise

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 ‘to cut, hew, fell’

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

Today it means

noun One who excises, especially one who performs female genital cutting.

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

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

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