Where does “securite” come from?

securite (Middle English) comes from Middle French securité, from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

securite (Middle English): security, safety; comfort, the state of being...

Definitions

  1. security, safety; comfort, the state of being...

Ancestry of “securite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchsecurité—
2Latinsēcūritāssecurity, safety
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “securite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →
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