Where does “secrete” come from?

secrete (Latin) comes from Latin sēcernō, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

secrete (Latin): secretly, in secret, privately; vocative...

Definitions

  1. secretly, in secret, privately; vocative...

Ancestry of “secrete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēcernōto put apart, sunder, sever, separate, divide
2Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →