cisoir
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin cīsōrium, from Latin caedere (“cut”).
Noun
cisoir oblique singular, m (oblique plural cisoirs, nominative singular cisoirs, nominative plural cisoir)
- cutting tool
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Middle English: sisours, cisours, sisoures, sisurs, cysowres, cisurs, cysours, sesurs, sesours, sesurys, sysers
- → Middle Irish: sisúr
- Irish: siosúr
- Scottish Gaelic: siosar
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*caesorium”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 40