Where does “sectă” come from?

sectă (Romanian) comes from French secte, from Latin secta, from Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sectă (Romanian): sect

Definitions

  1. sect

Ancestry of “sectă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsectesect
2Latinsectanominative feminine singular of sectus;...
3Latinsequī—
4Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
5Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
6Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor →Every word from Proto-Italic sekʷōr →