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Where does “secant” come from?

secant (Catalan) comes from Latin secans, from Latin secō, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

secant (Catalan): secant

Definitions

  1. secant

Ancestry of “secant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsecanscutting; cleaving, dividing; operating,...
2Latinsecō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “secant”

  • cosecant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →