Definition of SCION

scion

Meanings

Plural: scions

Noun

  • a descendent or heir
    • "a scion of royal stock"
  • A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
  • The heir to a throne.
  • A guardian.
  • A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion, from Frankish *kīþō, *kīþ, from Proto-Germanic *kīþô, *kīþą, *kīþaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ċīþ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon kīth (“sprout; germ”), Old High German kīdi (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.

Scrabble Score: 7

scion is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
scion is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scion is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

scion is a valid Words With Friends word