Etymology

forfex

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Today it means: A pair of shears. Full definition →

Latin forfex
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The story

  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromforfex
  2. English todayforfex

Learned borrowing from Latin forfex.

Words from the same roots

Latinforfex all →

forficate

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