Where does “assegurança” come from?

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

assegurança (Catalan): insurance

Definitions

  1. insurance

Ancestry of “assegurança”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanassegurarto assure; to ensure; to insure
2Vulgar Latin*assēcūrare
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Latin sē-Every word from Proto-Italic seks
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