Where does “inseguro” come from?

inseguro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese seguro, from Old Portuguese seguro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.

inseguro (Portuguese): unsafe; dangerous

Definitions

  1. unsafe; dangerous

Ancestry of “inseguro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesegurosafe; secure; sure; certain; self-confident;...
2Old Portuguesesegurosafe
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →