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incisor

The origin and history of incisor.

Etymology

Incisor came into English from New Latin incisor, itself built on the Latin verb incidere, meaning to cut into. The agent-noun ending, roughly meaning one who or that which does something, was added to give the sense of a tooth that cuts.

Origin: Latin

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