Etymology

scissorwise

S1C3I1S1S1O1R1W4I1S1E1

Today it means: In the manner of scissors, with two blades (or similar) opening in opposite directions. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz ← Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós ← English scissor
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Englishscissor
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  4. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  5. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  6. English todayscissorwise

From scissor + -wise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.