Etymograph

English

tocut

Tocut comes from Middle English to-kutten.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500to-kutten1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1490tocut1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tocut
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1490, Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine: “The Cassydonyens..were slayne and all to-cutte and clouen.”.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500to-kuttenWiktionary, English tocut
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1490tocutWiktionary, English tocut. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1490, Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine: “The Cassydonyens..were slayne and all to-cutte and clouen.”

Formed from to- ‘apart’ + cut

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’

Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘two-ways, in twain’

Proto-Germanic *twiz- ‘apart, in two’

Proto-West Germanic *tō-

English to-

Proto-Germanic *kutjaną ‘to cut’

Old Norse *kytja

Middle English cutten

English cut

Every English word from Middle English to-kutten

Today it means

verb To cut to pieces; hew asunder.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tocut”. 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 / Middle English to-kutten / tocut

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