Where does “sekondarjament” come from?
sekondarjament (Maltese) comes from Italian secondariamente, from Italian secondario, from French secondaire, from Latin secundārius, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor — to follow; to see; to say.
sekondarjament (Maltese): secondly
Definitions
- secondly
Ancestry of “sekondarjament”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | secondariamente | secondly |
| 2 | Italian | secondario | secondary |
| 3 | French | secondaire | secondary |
| 4 | Latin | secundārius | second-class, second-rate, of inferior quality |
| 5 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 6 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |