segment

/ˈseɡmənt/SEG-muhnt
/ˈsɛɡmənt/SEG-muhnt

Meaninga cut piece

Common meaning: one of the pieces into which something is divided

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SAK‘cut, cleave, sever’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 377, p. 743 · scan
  2. Latinsecō, secuī, sectum‘to cut’
  3. Englishsegment‘one of the pieces into which something is divided’ · today

seg also in: dissectsectionintersect

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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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. 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

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