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Where does “cybersécurité” come from?

cybersécurité (French) comes from French sécurité, from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

cybersécurité (French): cybersecurity

Definitions

  1. cybersecurity

Ancestry of “cybersécurité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsécuritésecurity, safety
2Latinsēcūritās—
3Latinsēcūrus—
4Latinsē-—
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →