Where does “siglo” come from?

siglo (Papiamentu) comes from Spanish siglo, from Old Spanish sieglo, from Latin saeculum, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

siglo (Papiamentu): century

Definitions

  1. century

Ancestry of “siglo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsiglocentury; age; eon
2Old Spanishsieglo—
3Latinsaeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Latin saeculum →Every word from Old Spanish sieglo →