English
multisect
Multisect comes from Latin sectus ‘cut (off)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecōas secare, past participle‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectus‘cut (off)’
- Englishtodaymultisect
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecōas secare, past participle‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectus‘cut (off)’
- Englishtodaymultisect
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
saw, design, sign, ship, seal, sack, scarlet, sawyer, sax, shingle, scythe, sich, sigil, sedge, sain, desiccation, desiccant, 58 more
through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
sexuality, homosexual, 17 more
through Latin secō ‘to cut’
sex, risk, sexual, segment, insect, sickle, het, dissection, brassica, dissect, seg, 19 more
through Latin sectus ‘cut (off)’
Today it means
adj Divided into many similar segments; said of an insect or myriapod
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / multisect