Where does “seca” come from?
seca (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese secar, from Latin siccare, from Latin sicco, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Celtic siskʷos, from Proto-Indo-European sisku-.
seca (Portuguese): drought period of unusually low rainfall
Definitions
- drought period of unusually low rainfall
Ancestry of “seca”, step by step
seca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese secar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | secar | to dry; to dry up; to wither |
| 2 | Latin | siccare | present active infinitive of siccō; second-person... |
| 3 | Latin | sicco | I dry, drain, exhaust |
| 4 | Latin | siccus | dry; sober; thirsty |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | siskʷos | dry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sisku- | — |
via Latin siccāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | siccāre | — |