Where does “asegurar” come from?

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

asegurar (Old Occitan): to reassure; to embolden; to encourage

Definitions

  1. to reassure; to embolden; to encourage

Ancestry of “asegurar”, step by step

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