Etymograph

English

exsection

Exsection comes from Latin exsectiō ‘excision (cutting out)’, from secō ‘to cut’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-1‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō1‘to cut’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō1‘to cut’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsecō2‘to cut off or out’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsectiō3‘excision (cutting out)’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1794–1796exsection3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin exseco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin exsectio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English exsection
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1794–1796, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; or: “Hence exsection before the cancer is open is generally…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-Wiktionary, Latin exseco‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetiWiktionary, Latin exsecoreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaōWiktionary, Latin exseco‘to cut’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecōWiktionary, Latin exseco‘to cut’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsecōWiktionary, Latin exsectio‘to cut off or out’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsectiōWiktionary, English exsection‘excision (cutting out)’
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1794–1796exsectionWiktionary, English exsection. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “exsection”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin exseco, Latin exsectio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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