Where does “siecle” come from?

siecle (Middle French) comes from Old French siecle, from Latin saeculum, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

siecle (Middle French): century

Definitions

  1. century

Ancestry of “siecle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsieclegeneration, lifetime; age, time; century
2Latinsaeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “siecle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Latin saeculum →Every word from Old French siecle →