English
sectio
Sectio comes from Latin sectiō ‘cutting off, cutting up’, from secō ‘to cut’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sek-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-1‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yeti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaō1‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecō1‘to cut’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectiō2‘cutting off, cutting up’
- Englishtodaysectio2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin sectio
- 2 Wiktionary, English sectio
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-Wiktionary, Latin sectio‘to cut, cut off, sever’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sékh₁yetiWiktionary, Latin sectioreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sekaōWiktionary, Latin sectio‘to cut’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsecōWiktionary, Latin sectio‘to cut’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsectiōWiktionary, English sectio‘cutting off, cutting up’
- EnglishtodaysectioWiktionary, English sectio
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.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sectio”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin sectio. 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.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sek- / sectio