Where does “sector” come from?

sector (Catalan) comes from Latin sector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

sector (Catalan): sector, section

Definitions

  1. sector, section

Ancestry of “sector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsectorOne who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin sector →