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Where does “sicurezza” come from?

sicurezza (Italian) comes from Italian sicuro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

sicurezza (Italian): safety, security; certainty, reliability;...

Definitions

  1. safety, security; certainty, reliability;...

Ancestry of “sicurezza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansicurosafe, secure; certain, sure; surely, for sure,...
2Latinsēcūrus—
3Latinsē-—
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →