Incise
/ɪnˈsaɪz/noun
To cut into or make a sharp, clean cut in something.
Did you know?Incise comes from Latin incīdere, meaning to cut into, from in- (“into”) + caedere (“to cut”), the same ancient cutting root behind words like excise and concise.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kayd-
“to cut, strike”
Latin
Latin
caedere
“to cut, kill, fell”
Latin
Latin
incīdere
“to cut into, cut into pieces”
Old French
Old French
inciser
“to cut into, carve”
Late Middle English
English
incisen
“to cut into”
Modern English
English
incise
“to cut into or make a sharp cut in”