Where does “segun” come from?
segun (Cebuano) comes from Spanish según, from Old Spanish segund, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
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Ancestry of “segun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | según | according to; as, just as, the same way;... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | segund | — |
| 3 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |