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Where does “seguro” come from?

seguro (Cebuano) comes from Philippine Spanish seguro, from Spanish seguro, from Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

seguro (Cebuano): maybe; sure; to make sure; to verify; to recheck;...

Definitions

  1. maybe; sure; to make sure; to verify; to recheck;...

Ancestry of “seguro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Philippine Spanishseguro—
2Spanishsegurosecure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;...
3Old Spanishseguro—
4Latinsēcūrus—
5Latinsē-—
6Latinsexsix; 6
7Proto-Italicsekssix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →