Where does “persecans” come from?
persecans (Latin) comes from Latin perseco, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.
persecans (Latin): dissecting
Ancestry of “persecans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | perseco | I dissect, cut up, excise |
| 2 | Latin | per- | Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | peri- | — |