English
exsection
Exsection comes from Latin exsectiō ‘excision (cutting out)’, from secō ‘to cut’, and ultimately from 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 CEexsecō‘to cut off or out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsectiō‘excision (cutting out)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1794–1796exsection
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 CEexsecō‘to cut off or out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsectiō‘excision (cutting out)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1794–1796exsection
Earliest quotation: 1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or: “Hence exsection before the cancer is open is generally…”
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, sedge, sain, desiccant, desiccation, 59 more
through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
sexuality, homosexual, dissection, 18 more
through Latin secō ‘to cut’
risk, sex, sexual, segment, insect, sickle, het, dissect, brassica, seg, 21 more
Today it means
noun A cutting out or away.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / exsection