sec / sect
to cut
Latin · secare / sectus
Latin secare 'to cut', past form sectus. Sect words are about cutting or a cut-off part: a section is a piece, dissect cuts apart, intersect cuts across, bisect cuts in two.
Memory trick
A SECtion is a SLICE: SEC and SECT always cut something.
Words from this root
- section (sect + ion) — a cut-off partखंड, भाग
- sectional (section + al) — made of sections; of one partखंडीय, एक हिस्से का
- subsection (sub + section) — a smaller part of a sectionउपखंड
- dissect (dis + sect) — to cut apart to studyचीर-फाड़ करना
- dissection (dis + sect + ion) — cutting apart to studyचीर-फाड़, विच्छेदन
- insect (in + sect) — small creature with segmented bodyकीट
- intersect (inter + sect) — to cut acrossकाटना, प्रतिच्छेद करना
- intersection (inter + sect + ion) — place where roads crossचौराहा
- bisector (bi + sect + or) — line that cuts in two equal partsसमद्विभाजक
- secant (sec + ant) — line that cuts a curveछेदक रेखा
- cosecant (co + sec + ant) — a trigonometric ratioव्युत्क्रम छेदक, त्रिकोणमितीय अनुपात