Where does “septa” come from?
Septa is the plural of septum, from Latin septum meaning partition, derived from saeptum, the past participle of saepire meaning to fence or enclose, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European seh₂ip-.
septa (English): plural of septum
Ancestry of “septa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | septum | A wall separating two cavities; a partition; A... |
| 2 | Latin | sēptum | — |
Words derived from “septa”