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scion

/ˈsaɪən/SIGH-uhn
/ˈsaɪən/SIGH-uhn

Meaningyoung shoot

Common meaning: young member of a notable family or plant cutting

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SAK‘cut, cleave, sever’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 377, p. 743 · scan
  2. Old Frenchcion‘young shoot’source
  3. Frenchcionsource
  4. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsyoung shoot → plant cuttingcyun‘plant cutting’source
  5. Englishscion‘young member of a notable family or plant cutting’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French cion ‘young shoot’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SCION, p. 531 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • cion Old French “young shoot”

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