scissors
The origin and history of scissors.
Etymology
From Old French cisoirs, going back to Late Latin cīsōria, "cutting tools." The modern spelling with "sc-" came later, in the 1500s, when people wrongly linked the word to Latin scissor, meaning "tailor" or "cutter."
Class of 1500
scissors first entered the language around 1500. Other words from the same year:
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