Where does “sektor” come from?

sektor (Estonian) comes from German Sektor, from Latin sector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

sektor (Estonian): sector

Definitions

  1. sector

Ancestry of “sektor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSektorsector
2LatinsectorOne who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin sector →