different between cyons vs scion

English

Noun

cyons

1. plural of cyon
   • ante 1722: Edward Lisle, Observations in Husbandry, volume 2, page 274 (1757 posthumous republication)

     Cyons grafted upon ?uckers are more di?po?ed to produce ?uckers than grafts on the main ?tocks do. Ev. 140.

Anagrams

• coyns, scyon

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; from Frankish *k?þ?, *k?þ, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, *k?þaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ??þ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon k?th (“sprout; germ”), Old High German k?di (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?.?n/, /?sa?.?n/
• Rhymes: -a??n

Noun

scion (plural scions)

1. A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
2. The heir to a throne.
3. A guardian.
4. (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

Translations

Trivia

One of three common words ending in -cion, the other two being coercion and suspicion.

Further reading

• “scion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic

French

Etymology

From Old French cion, ciun, from Frankish *kith?, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, to sprout”). Spelling influenced by scie (“saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sj??/

Noun

scion m (plural scions)

1. scion (detached twig)
2. tip of a fishing rod

Synonyms

• (detached twig): greffon

See also

• (tip of fishing rod): canne

Further reading

• “scion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).