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Where does “Sicherheitstechnik” come from?

Sicherheitstechnik (German) comes from German Sicherheit, from German sicher, from Middle High German siher, from Old High German sihur, from Proto-West Germanic sikur, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex — six.

Sicherheitstechnik (German): safety engineering / technology

Definitions

  1. safety engineering / technology

Ancestry of “Sicherheitstechnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSicherheitcertainty; security; safety
2Germansichersafe, secure; sure, certain; safely
3Middle High Germansiher—
4Old High Germansihur—
5Proto-West Germanicsikursecure, safe; sure, certain
6Latinsēcūrus—
7Latinsē-—
8Latinsexsix; 6
9Proto-Italicsekssix
10Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
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