Where does “secouer” come from?
secouer (French) comes from Old French secorre, from Latin succurrō, from Latin currō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
secouer (French): to shake; to shake off; to shake up
Definitions
- to shake; to shake off; to shake up
Ancestry of “secouer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | secorre | to help; to assist |
| 2 | Latin | succurrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | currō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “secouer”