Where does “sector” come from?

Sector derives from Latin sector, an agent noun formed with the suffix -tor from the Latin verb secare, meaning to cut, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ-, meaning to cut or follow.

sector (English): section; zone; part of a circle, extending to the...

Definitions

  1. section; zone; part of a circle, extending to the...

Ancestry of “sector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsectorOne who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “sector”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →