sect

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1. Latin · derived fromsequi“to follow”
2. Late Latin · derived fromsecta“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, guild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”
3. Old French · derived fromsecte“a sect in philosophy or religion”
4. Middle English · inherited fromsecte
5. English todaysect

From Middle English secte, from Old French secte (“a sect in philosophy or religion”), from Late Latin secta (“a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, guild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.”), possibly, from Latin sequi (“to follow”). Alternatively linked to sectus (“cut off, divided”), past participle of secō.

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