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Where does “secondario” come from?

secondario (Italian) comes from French secondaire, from Latin secundārius, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

secondario (Italian): secondary

Definitions

  1. secondary

Ancestry of “secondario”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsecondairesecondary
2Latinsecundārius—
3Latinsecundussecond, the ordinal number after prīmus and...
4LatinsequorI follow, come or go after
5Proto-Italicsekʷōrfollow, come/go after
6Proto-Indo-Europeansékʷetorto be following
7Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “secondario”

  • postsecondario
  • secondarietà
  • secundar
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