Etymograph

English

sectio

Sectio comes from Latin sectiō ‘cutting off, cutting up’, from secō ‘to cut’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō‘to cut’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectiō‘cutting off, cutting up’
  6. Englishtodaysectio

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō‘to cut’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō‘to cut’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectiō‘cutting off, cutting up’
  6. Englishtodaysectio

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, sain, sedge, desiccant, desiccation, 59 more

through Proto-Italic *sekaō ‘to cut’

sexuality, homosexual, dissection, 18 more

through Latin secō ‘to cut’

risk, sex, sexual, segment, sickle, het, insect, dissect, brassica, seg, 21 more

Today it means

noun A section or cutting; a subdivision or segment.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / sectio