Where does “asegurar” come from?

asegurar (Asturian) comes from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

asegurar (Asturian): to insure; to assure

Definitions

  1. to insure; to assure

Ancestry of “asegurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*assēcūrare—
2Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →