Where does “verzekeringsagent” come from?
verzekeringsagent (Dutch) comes from Dutch verzekering, from Dutch verzekeren, from Dutch zeker, from Middle Dutch sēker, from Old Dutch sikur, from Proto-West Germanic sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē- — six.
verzekeringsagent (Dutch): an insurance agent
Definitions
- an insurance agent
Ancestry of “verzekeringsagent”, step by step
verzekeringsagent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch verzekering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | verzekering | insurance; assurance, act of assuring, something... |
| 2 | Dutch | verzekeren | to assure; to insure |
| 3 | Dutch | zeker | certain, sure; confident, secure; confirmed |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | sēker | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | sikur | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sikur | secure, safe; sure, certain |
| 7 | Latin | sēcūrus | careless, negligent |
| 8 | Latin | sē- | apart-; aside-; away |
| 9 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
via Dutch agent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | agent | a police officer; an undercover agent; an agent,... |
| 2 | French | agent | agent |
| 3 | Middle French | agent | — |
| 4 | Latin | agēns | doing, acting, making |
| 5 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |