Etymology

scissel

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Today it means: Metal scraps or clippings; especially the remains of fillets from which coin blanks have been cut. Full definition →

French cisailles ← Latin caesaculum
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  1. Latin · derived fromcaesaculum
  2. French · derived fromcisailles“scissels”
  3. English todayscissel

From French cisailles (“scissels”), from cisailler (“to clip with shears”), from cisailles (“scissors”), from Latin caesaculum, from caesus, from caedere (“to cut, hew”).

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