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sector.

cutter (one who cuts or cuts off)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. cutter (one who cuts or cuts off)

    declension-3 · masculine
  2. purchaser or bidder (someone who buys or attempts to buy at a sale of confiscated goods)

    declension-3 · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin sector From secō (“cut, cut off”) + -tor.

verb
  1. to follow continually, attend, accompany

    conjugation-1 · deponent
  2. to follow after, pursue, chase

    conjugation-1 · deponent
  3. to seek after/out

    conjugation-1 · deponent
Where this word comes from

Denominative verb formed from Proto-Italic *sekʷtos + -or. The pre-form *sekʷtos was the originally perfect passive participle of *sekʷōr (“to follow”).

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