The Italian word scindere means to split/ slice and the word's past participle is scisso. From it I think we derive our usage altered to produce a plural word scissors. Interestingly, the Italians use the word forbici for scissors which is obviously derived from the forceps route. This may indicate that some common English words are derived directly from classical latin rather than the latin vulgate.
The word is late middle English from Old French ' cisoires' adopted from Latin 'cisoria' meaning cutting instrument
The Italian word scindere means to split/ slice and the word's past participle is scisso. From it I think we derive our usage altered to produce a plural word scissors. Interestingly, the Italians use the word forbici for scissors which is obviously derived from the forceps route. This may indicate that some common English words are derived directly from classical latin rather than the latin vulgate.
"Schere" is the German word for "scissors"
The Spanish word for scissors, "tijeras," is feminine.
The Indonesian word for 'scissors' is GUNTING.
Scissors date back to almost 4,000 years ago. The earliest depictions of scissors were believe to be invented around 1500 BC and used in ancient Egypt.
There are four phonemes in the word "scissors": /s/, /ɪ/, /z/, /əz/.
Other words for scissors are clippers,shears,or trimmers
She used the scissors to cut a hole in the paper.
Generally, the word "scissors" isn't (is is used here since we are talking about a word) used by itself, but follows the counter pair.Thus, instead of saying something like"This/These scissors is/are quite sharp!",we would say something along the lines of"This pair of scissors is quite sharp!" or "These pairs of scissors are quite sharp!"Do note that instead of placing the deciding factor on the word scissors, we turn to the word pair instead.Hope this helps!
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