Etymology of the English word sickle
the English word
sicklederived from the Vulgar Latin word
siciladerived from the Latin word
seculaderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sek-Derivations in English
sicklebillCognates
Danish
segl, Dutch
sikkel, German
Sichel, Icelandic
sigd, Norwegian
sigdUsage
Word found in Modern English