dissect

/daɪˈsekt/digh-SEKT
/daɪˈsɛkt/digh-SEKT

Meaningto cut apart

Common meaning: to cut apart to study

‘apart, away’ + ‘to cut’ → dissect

Journey through time

  1. Latinsecō, secuī, sectum‘to cut’
  2. Englishdissect‘to cut apart to study’ · today

dis- also in: disarmdiscerndiscorddisdaindisgust

sect also in: sectionsegmentintersect

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin secō ‘to cut’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry secō, p. 1653 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

intersectsectionsegment

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