Where does “seguir” come from?
seguir (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese seguir, from Vulgar Latin sequire, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
seguir (Galician): to follow, come after; to keep; to continue
Definitions
- to follow, come after; to keep; to continue
Ancestry of “seguir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | seguir | — |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sequire | present active infinitive of *sequiō |
| 3 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |