myEtymology.com: English etymology of incisory

Etymology of the English word incisory

the English word incisory

derived from the English word incisor

derived 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 cidere

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

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

using the English suffix -y