Where does “Segui” come from?
Segui (English) comes from Spanish Seguí, from Portuguese seguir, from Old Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin sequire, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
Ancestry of “Segui”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Seguí | — |
| 2 | Portuguese | seguir | to follow |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | seguir | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | sequire | present active infinitive of *sequiō |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |