## Etymology
From chisel + -er. Chisel derives from Old French cisel (modern ciseau), ultimately from Late Latin *cisellum, related to caedere ('to cut'). The slang 'swindler' sense arose in 19th-century American English.

## AI Etymology
Chiseler comes from chisel + -er. Chisel derives from Old French cisel (modern ciseau), ultimately from Late Latin *cisellum, related to caedere ('to cut'). The slang 'swindler' sense arose in 19th-century American English. The historical trail runs through cisel in Old French and caedere in Latin. Morphologically, chiseler is transparent: it draws on chisel + -er. Used as a noun, chiseler now means "one who carves with a chisel, or informally a swindler", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as chisel and chiseling. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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