Where does “seguro” come from?
seguro (Philippine Spanish) comes from Spanish seguro, from Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
Ancestry of “seguro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | seguro | secure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | seguro | — |
| 3 | Latin | sēcūrus | — |
| 4 | Latin | sē- | — |
| 5 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |