Where does “section” come from?
Section comes from Middle English seccioun, from Old French section, from Latin sectio (a cutting), derived from the verb secare (to cut), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek-.
section (English): A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of...
Definitions
- A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of...
Ancestry of “section”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | seccioun | — |
| 2 | Old French | section | — |
| 3 | Latin | sectio | cutting off or up; mowing; surgery |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |