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Where does “seurté” come from?

seurté (Old French) comes from Latin sēcūritās, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

seurté (Old French): sureness; certainty; guaranty; promise; pledge;...

Definitions

  1. sureness; certainty; guaranty; promise; pledge;...

Ancestry of “seurté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēcūritās—
2Latinsēcūrus—
3Latinsē-—
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seurté”

  • surety
  • suretyship
  • unsurety
  • cosurety
  • countersurety
  • nonsurety
  • suerte
  • surete
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →