Etymology of the English word incisor
the English word
incisorderived from the Latin word
incisus (cut)
derived from the Latin word
incidere (to cut; to cut into; cut into, cut open; inscribe; happen; fall into, fall in with)
derived from the Latin word
cadere (to fall; fall, sink, drop)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kad- (to fall)
using the Latin prefix
in- (suffix for no)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ne (not)
derived from the Latin word
ciderederived from the Late Latin word
caedere (chop, hew, cut out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kaə-id-Derivations in English
incisoryUsage
Word found in Modern English
