Where does “セカント” come from?

セカント (Japanese) comes from English secant, from Latin secans, from Latin secō, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

セカント (Japanese): secant

Definitions

  1. secant

Ancestry of “セカント”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsecantA straight line that intersects a curve at two or...
2Latinsecanscutting; cleaving, dividing; operating,...
3Latinsecōto cut, cut off
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Latin secō →Every word from Latin secans →