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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
secāre
—
2
Proto-Indo-European
sek-
to cut, cut off, sever
Words derived from “dissecāre”
dissect
dissector
microdissect
microdissector
dissecter
dissectable
dissectability
dissecare
dissectus
dissekere
dissekere
disseco
equidissectable
cryodissect
dissectee
dissective
hydrodissect
immunodissect
redissect
subdissect
microdissectable
undissectable
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