Etymograph

English

nasoincisor

Nasoincisor comes from Latin incīdō ‘to cut or hew open, into, through, or up’, and goes back to 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 CEincīdō‘to cut or hew open, into, through, or up’
  6. New Latinmodernincīsor
  7. English1500–presentincisor
  8. Englishtodaynasoincisor

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 CEincīdō‘to cut or hew open, into, through, or up’
  6. New Latinmodernincīsor
  7. English1500–presentincisor
  8. Englishtodaynasoincisor

A compound of nano- + incisor

Ancient Greek νᾶνος ‘dwarf’

Latin nānus ‘dwarf’

English nano-

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

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

Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

Latin incīdō ‘to cut into, cut through’

New Latin incīsor

English incisor

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, chisel, excision, scissor, caesium, 27 more

through Latin incīdō ‘to cut or hew open, into, through, or up’

incident, incision, incisive, 2 more

Today it means

adj Relating to the nose and the incisors

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

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

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