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Where does “unsecurable” come from?

unsecurable (English) comes from English securable, from English secure, from Middle English securite, from Middle French securité, from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex — six.

unsecurable (English): That cannot be secured

Definitions

  1. That cannot be secured

Ancestry of “unsecurable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsecurableAble to be secured; A resource that can be...
2EnglishsecureFree from attack or danger; protected; Free from...
3Middle Englishsecuritesecurity, safety; comfort, the state of being...
4Middle Frenchsecurité—
5Latinsēcūritās—
6Latinsēcūrus—
7Latinsē-—
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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