Where does “subsector” come from?
Subsector comes from English sector, from Latin sector (one who cuts), from Latin sub (under) and Latin -tor (agent suffix), from Proto-Indo-European upo (under) and Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- (to cut).
subsector (English): A sector of a larger sector
Definitions
- A sector of a larger sector
Ancestry of “subsector”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sector | section; zone; part of a circle, extending to the... |
| 2 | Latin | sector | One who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |