Where does “sector” come from?

sector (Romanian) comes from French secteur, from Latin sector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

sector (Romanian): sector

Definitions

  1. sector

Ancestry of “sector”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsecteursector; area, vicinity
2LatinsectorOne who cuts or cuts off, cutter; A purchaser or...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “sector”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →
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