Where does “segredo” come from?
segredo (Galician) comes from Latin secretum, from Latin secerno, from Latin se-, from Latin suus, from Proto-Italic sowos, from Proto-Indo-European sewos, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
segredo (Galician): secret
Definitions
- secret
Ancestry of “segredo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | secretum | nominative neuter singular of sēcrētus;... |
| 2 | Latin | secerno | To put apart, sunder, sever, separate; To... |
| 3 | Latin | se- | separately, astray; without; six |
| 4 | Latin | suus | his, her, its, their |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sowos | his, her, its, their |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sewos | (one's) own; his, her, its |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |