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Where does “sekega” come from?

sekega (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto seka, from French sec, from Old French sec, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Celtic siskʷos, from Proto-Indo-European sisku-.

sekega (Esperanto): extremely dry

Definitions

  1. extremely dry

Ancestry of “sekega”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantosekadry
2Frenchsecdry; dried, having had its moisture evaporated;...
3Old Frenchsecdry
4Latinsiccusdry; sober; thirsty
5Proto-Celticsiskʷosdry
6Proto-Indo-Europeansisku-—
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