Intersect
/ˌɪn.təˈsɛkt/noun
To cross or cut across one another; to meet or overlap at a point.
Did you know?Intersect comes from Latin *intersecare*, and its root *sec-* also lives in words like *section* and *bisect*—all built on the ancient idea of cutting, dividing, and separating.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sek-
“to cut”
Latin
Latin
secare
“to cut”
Latin
Latin
intersecare
“to cut between; cut across”
Late Latin
Latin
intersectus
“cut across, intersected”
Middle English
English
intersecten
“to cut across or cross one another”
Modern English
English
intersect
“to cross or meet at a point”