Where does “sector” come from?
sector (Dutch) comes from Latin sector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
sector (Dutch): sector
Ancestry of “sector”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sector | One who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or... |
| 2 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
Words derived from “sector”