section
n.
late 14c., "intersection of two straight lines; division of a scale;" from Old French section or directly from Latin sectionem (nominative sectio) "a cutting, cutting off, division," noun of action from past participle stem of secare "to cut," from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic seko, sešti "to cut," se čivo "ax, hatchet;" Lithuanian isekti "to engrave, carve;" Albanian šate "mattock;" Old Saxon segasna, Old English sigðe "scythe;" Old English secg "sword," seax "knife, short sword;" Old Irish doescim "I cut;" Latin saxum "rock, stone").From 1550s as "act of cutting or dividing." Meaning "subdivision of a written work, statute, etc." is from 1570s. Meaning "a part cut off from the rest" is from early 15c.
v.
"divide into sections," 1819, from section, n.. Related: Sectioned; sectioning.
〔蒋〕[sect切，-ion名词后缀，表示行为及行为的结果] 切开，切断，切下的部分，一部分;[由大机关中’分割”出来的小机关] 科，处，组，股
〔李〕[sect=to cut切；-ion n.=the result 表结果→“the result of cutting something切割某物的结果”→] n.① part cut off切下的部分，块