Where does “bissecteur” come from?
bissecteur (French) comes from French secteur, from Latin sector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
bissecteur (French): bisecting
Ancestry of “bissecteur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | secteur | sector; area, vicinity |
| 2 | Latin | sector | One who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or... |
| 3 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |