Segment
/ˈsɛɡ.mənt/noun
A part cut or separated from a whole.
Did you know?Segment comes from Latin segmentum, from secare, meaning “to cut,” the same ancient root behind a whole family of words about slicing, severing, and division.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sek-
“to cut”
Latin
Latin
secare
“to cut”
Latin
Latin
segmentum
“a piece cut off; a section”
Old French
Old French
segment
“a segment; a part cut off”
Modern English
English
segment
“one of the parts into which something is divided”