Borrowed from Latin sector .
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Lewis’s Elementary Latin Dictionary
1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitization- sectorLatin · n14728
sector ōris, m Source etymology: 2 SAC- , one who cuts, a cutter : sectores collorum et bonorum, cutthroats and cutpurses : omnium sectorum audacissimus (in a double sense).— A purchaser of confiscated goods at auction,
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sector ātus, ārī, dep. freq. Source etymology: sequor , to follow eagerly, run after, attend, accompany, press upon, follow after, chase, pursue : sectari iussi, to join my train , L.: at sectabantur multi: si conducti s
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sector
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Learned borrowing from Latin sectōrem .
Borrowed from Latin sector .
From secō ( “ cut, cut off ” ) + -tor .
Denominative verb formed from Proto-Italic * sekʷtos + "},"alt1":{"wt":"-or"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mw9Q"> -or . The pre-form * sekʷtos was the originally perfect passive participle of * sekʷōr ( “ to follow ” ) .
Borrowed from French secteur , a learned borrowing from Latin sector .
Derived from Latin sector .
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