English
exsect
Exsect comes from Latin exseco ‘to cut off or out’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexseco‘to cut off or out’
- Englishtodayexsect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexseco‘to cut off or out’
- Englishtodayexsect
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut, cut off, sever’
saw, design, sign, ship, seal, sack, scarlet, sawyer, sax, shingle, scythe, sich, sigil, desiccation, sain, sedge, desiccant, 58 more
through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
sexuality, homosexual, dissection, 17 more
through Latin secō ‘to cut’
risk, sex, section, sexual, segment, sickle, het, insect, dissect, brassica, seg, 20 more
Today it means
verb To cut out or away; to remove by exsection.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / exsect