Where does “seguro” come from?
seguro (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
seguro (Old Portuguese): safe
Ancestry of “seguro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | sēcūrus | — |
| 2 | Latin | sē- | — |
| 3 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |
Words derived from “seguro”