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sect

/ˈsekt/SEKT
/ˈsɛkt/SEKT

Meaningto cut

Common meaning: a breakaway group

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SAK‘follow, accompany’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 376, p. 743 · scan
  2. Latinsecare‘to cut’source
  3. Late Latinsectasource
  4. Middle Englishsectesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsto cut → a breakaway groupsect‘a breakaway group’ · today

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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin secare ‘to cut’.

Source words

  • secare Latin · source word “to cut”

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