Where does “sécant” come from?

sécant (French) comes from Latin secans, from Latin secō, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sécant (French): intersecting

Definitions

  1. intersecting

Ancestry of “sécant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsecanscutting; cleaving, dividing; operating,...
2Latinsecōto cut, cut off
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “sécant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Latin secō →Every word from Latin secans →