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Where does “insécurité” come from?

insécurité (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.

insécurité (French): insecurity

Definitions

  1. insecurity

Ancestry of “insécurité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsécuritésecurity, safety
2Latinsēcūritās—
3Latinsēcūrus—
4Latinsē-—
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “insécurité”

  • insecuritate
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