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
- One of the portions of space bounded by the three...
Ancestry of “sectant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sectans | attending, accompanying; pursuing, chasing |
| 2 | Latin | sector | One who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |