myEtymology.com: English etymology of concise

Etymology of the English word concise

the English word concise

derived from the Latin word concisus (cut up, off; broken)

derived from the Latin word concidere (cut, chop up, down; fall down, faint, dead; perish, be slain, sacrificed)

derived from the Late Latin word caedere (chop, hew, cut out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaə-id-

using the Latin prefix con- (together)

derived from the Latin prefix com-

derived from the Latin word cum (with)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kom (near, with, together)

derived from the Latin word cidere

The earliest known usage of concise in English dates from the 16th century.

French concis, German konzis, Italian conciso, Latin concisus, Norwegian konsis, Spanish conciso, Swedish koncis

Word found in Modern English