English
resect
Resect comes from Latin resectus ‘curtailed, restrained’, from resecare ‘to cut off’, and ultimately from 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‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresecare‘to cut off’next step skipped: Latin resecō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresectus‘curtailed, restrained’past participle of resecare
- Englishtodayresect
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‘to cut’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresecare‘to cut off’next step skipped: Latin resecō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEresectus‘curtailed, restrained’past participle of resecare
- Englishtodayresect
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
saw, sign, ship, seal, sack, scarlet, sawyer, sax, shingle, scythe, sich, sigil, sain, sedge, desiccation, desiccant, 59 more
through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’
sexuality, homosexual, dissection, 17 more
through Latin secō ‘to cut’
risk, sex, sexual, section, segment, sickle, het, insect, dissect, brassica, seg, 20 more
Today it means
verb To remove (some part of an organ or structure) by surgical means.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / resect