Where does “sept” come from?
sept (Romanian) comes from French septum, from Latin saeptum, from Latin saeptus, from Latin saepio, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂ip- — to cram, fence.
sept (Romanian): septum
Ancestry of “sept”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | septum | — |
| 2 | Latin | saeptum | an enclosed place; enclosure, fold; a fence,... |
| 3 | Latin | saeptus | surrounded, enclosed, having been fenced in;... |
| 4 | Latin | saepio | I surround, enclose, fence in; I envelop, wrap; I... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂ip- | to cram, fence |