Etymology

multisect

M3U1L1T1I1S1E1C3T1

Today it means: Divided into many similar segments; said of an insect or myriapod Full definition →

Latin sectus
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latin · derived fromsectus
  2. English todaymultisect

From multi- + Latin sectus, past participle of secare (“to cut”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.