Where does “Sinekure” come from?

Sinekure (German) comes from Latin sine, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.

Sinekure (German): sinecure

Definitions

  1. sinecure

Ancestry of “Sinekure”, step by step

Sinekure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsinewithout; second-person singular present active...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanswéself

via Latin [[sine]] [[cūrā]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin[[sine]] [[cūrā]]—

Words derived from “Sinekure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swé →