Where does “sekondiera” come from?
sekondiera (Maltese) comes from Maltese sekonda, from Italian secondo, 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.
sekondiera (Maltese): second hand
Definitions
- second hand
Ancestry of “sekondiera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maltese | sekonda | second |
| 2 | Italian | secondo | second; the second; second mate, executive... |
| 3 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |