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Posted By: Jackie exscind - 05/17/13 02:28 PM
How did this word, so close orthographically to excise, and with the exact same meaning, come into being? Or did it come first and excise is the copycat?
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: exscind - 05/17/13 02:59 PM
Nope, they're from two different Latin verbs. Excise is from excaedere and exscind is from exscindere. Both with roughly the same meaning.
Posted By: Jackie Re: exscind - 05/19/13 01:30 AM
Thank you, sir.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: exscind - 05/20/13 04:43 PM
You're welcome.

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