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Where does “siaeclle” come from?

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

siaeclle (Norman): century

Definitions

  1. century

Ancestry of “siaeclle”, 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,...
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