sisours
Middle English
/siˈzuːris/
plural noun
Definitions
- scissors, shears
- (rare) candle extinguisher
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French cisoires derived from Latin *cīsōria.
Origin
Latin
*cīsōria
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- microscissors English
- scissor bite English
- scissors English
- scissorstail English
- *cīsōria Latin
- cīsōrium Latin
- ciseaux French
- cisoires Old French
- cizo Ido
- jijāj Marshallese
- cisoires xno