Where does “assegurar” come from?

assegurar (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan assegurar, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

assegurar (Occitan): to protect; to assure; to guarantee

Definitions

  1. to protect; to assure; to guarantee

Ancestry of “assegurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanassegurar—
2Vulgar Latin*assēcūrare—
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →