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

Definitions

  1. safe

Ancestry of “seguro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
2Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seguro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →