scion

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*geye-“to split open, sprout”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*kīþô
3. Frankish · derived from*kīþō
4. Old French · derived fromcion
5. Middle English · inherited fromsion
6. English todayscion

From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion, from Frankish *kīþō, *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþô, *kīþą, *kīþaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ċīþ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon kīth (“sprout; germ”), Old High German kīdi (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.

Words from the same roots