Trisect
/traɪˈsɛkt/noun
To divide something into three equal parts.
Did you know?Trisect is built from Latin roots meaning “three” and “cut,” and it survives as a precise mathematical term rather than a mystical one, even though its root family gave English words like section and sect.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tréyes
“three”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sek-
“to cut”
Latin
Latin
trīs
“three”
Latin
Latin
sectus
“cut”
Late Latin
Latin
trisectāre
“to cut into three parts”
Modern English
English
trisect
“to divide into three equal parts”