Where does “antissequestro” come from?
antissequestro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese sequestro, from Latin sequestrum, from Latin sequester, from Latin sequī, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
antissequestro (Portuguese): antikidnapping
Ancestry of “antissequestro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | sequestro | kidnapping |
| 2 | Latin | sequestrum | sequester; mediation |
| 3 | Latin | sequester | mediating; mediator, depositary; mediator,... |
| 4 | Latin | sequī | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |