Where does “seguir” come from?
seguir (Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin sequio, from Latin sequi, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
seguir (Occitan): to follow
Ancestry of “seguir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | sequio | I follow |
| 2 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 3 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |