Where does “seguro” come from?

seguro (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese seguro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

seguro (Galician): secure, safe

Definitions

  1. secure, safe

Ancestry of “seguro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesegurosafe
2Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
3Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seguro”

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