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Where does “sectant” come from?

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

sectant (English): One of the portions of space bounded by the three...

Definitions

  1. One of the portions of space bounded by the three...

Ancestry of “sectant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsectansattending, accompanying; pursuing, chasing
2LatinsectorOne who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōr—
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →