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Where does “sectilis” come from?

sectilis (Latin) comes from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sectilis (Latin): divided; that may be cut into layers

Definitions

  1. divided; that may be cut into layers

Ancestry of “sectilis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ilis-ile
2Proto-Italic-elis—
3Proto-Indo-European-elis—
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sectilis”

  • sectile
  • sectility
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