Etymograph

English

recision

Recision comes from Latin recidere ‘to cut off’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecidere1‘to cut off’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecisio1
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1658recision1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English recision
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1658, James Harrington: “recision of debts”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CErecidereWiktionary, English recision‘to cut off’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErecisioWiktionary, English recision
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1658recisionWiktionary, English recision. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1658, James Harrington: “recision of debts”

Every English word from Latin recidere

Today it means

noun The act of cutting off.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “recision”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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