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Where does “dissecāre” come from?

dissecāre (Latin) comes from Latin secāre, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

Ancestry of “dissecāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsecāre—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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