Where does “secundair” come from?
secundair (Dutch) comes from French secondaire, from Latin secundārius, 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.
secundair (Dutch): secondary (succeeding first)
Definitions
- secondary (succeeding first)
Ancestry of “secundair”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | secondaire | secondary |
| 2 | Latin | secundārius | second-class, second-rate, of inferior quality |
| 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 |