Where does “ségrégation” come from?

ségrégation (French) comes from Latin segregatio, from Latin sēgregō, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

ségrégation (French): segregation

Definitions

  1. segregation

Ancestry of “ségrégation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsegregatio—
2Latinsēgregōto separate, divide
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “ségrégation”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →