English
rescindment
From rescind + -ment.
Formed from rescind + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- ‘to split, divide’
Proto-Indo-European *skinédti ~ *skindénti ‘to split, to dissect’
Proto-Italic *skindō ‘to cut, tear, rend, separate’
Latin scindō ‘to cut’
Latin rescindō ‘to cut back’
English rescind
Today it means
noun The act of rescinding.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rescindment”. 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.
Etymograph / rescindment