Etymology

scission

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Today it means: The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage. Full definition →

Late Latin scissio, scissionem ← Latin scindere
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromscindere
  2. Late Latin · derived fromscissio, scissionem
  3. English todayscission

Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.

Words from the same roots

Latinscindere all →

scisescissible

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