Where does “sekant” come from?

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

sekant (Danish): secant

Definitions

  1. secant

Ancestry of “sekant”, step by step

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