'segmenter' originates from the Latin word 'segmentum', where 'seg-' meant 'to cut' and '-mentum' was a suffix forming nouns.

'segmentum' transformed into the Old French word 'segmenter', and eventually became the modern English word 'segmenter'.

Initially, it meant 'a part cut off', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a tool or device used to divide something into segments'.