Etymograph

English

sectile

Sectile comes from Latin sectilis ‘divided’, and goes back to sectus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectus1‘cut, divided, partitioned’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectilis2‘divided’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1850sectile2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin sectilis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English sectile
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1850, Robert Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany: “a fruit consisting of an exterior pulpy or fleshy…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectusWiktionary, Latin sectilis‘cut, divided, partitioned’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectilisWiktionary, English sectile‘divided’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1850sectileWiktionary, English sectile. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1850, Robert Wight, Illustrations of Indian Botany: “a fruit consisting of an exterior pulpy or fleshy…”

Every English word from Latin sectus

Today it means

adj Capable of being cut; easily cut.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sectile”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sectilis. 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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