Where does “bisectional” come from?
bisectional (English) comes from English sectional, from English section, from Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
bisectional (English): Of, pertaining to, or obtained by bisection
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or obtained by bisection
Ancestry of “bisectional”, step by step
bisectional traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sectional
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sectional | Relating to a section; Separating into sections;... |
| 2 | English | section | A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of... |
| 3 | Middle English | seccioun | — |
| 4 | Old French | section | — |
| 5 | Latin | sectio | cutting off or up; mowing; surgery |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English bi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bi | Bisexual; A bisexual person; A type of jade disk... |
| 2 | English | biceps | Any muscle having two heads; Specifically, the... |
| 3 | Latin | biceps | double-headed, having two heads; having two... |
| 4 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 5 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |