Scion

Pronunciation

RP IPA: /ËˆsaÉªÉ™n/
US IPA: /ËˆsaÉª.É™n/, /ËˆsaÉª.É‘n/
Rhymes: -aÉªÉ™n

Alternative forms

Related terms

Î± forms (-initial, -terminal)

(14^th century)

(15^th century)

syon

(16^th century)

(17^th century)

Î² forms (-initial, -terminal)

(15^th century)

cyun

(16^th century)

cion

(17^thâ€“18^th centuries)

(19^th centuryâ€“present day)

cion now chiefly in botanical senses

Î³ forms (- or -terminal)

(16 ^th century)

(17^th century)

Î´ forms (-initial, -terminal)

(14^th century)

scyon

(15^th century)

scion
scioun

(16^th century)

scion

(17^th century)

scien
scion
scyen

(18^thâ€“19 ^th centuries)

scion
scyon

(20^th centuryâ€“present day)

scion standard spelling

Origin

From Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; all from Frankish *kid-, from Proto-Germanic *kidon (""), from Proto-Indo-European *geie ("to split open, to sprout"), same source as English chink. See also French language scion and chion.

Full definition of scion

Noun

scion

(plural scions)

A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant.
A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
The heir to a throne.
A guardian.

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