Where does “segurar” come from?

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

segurar (Portuguese): to hold; to grasp; to make safe; to hold back

Definitions

  1. to hold; to grasp; to make safe; to hold back

Ancestry of “segurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesesegurar—
2Old Portuguesesegurosafe
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “segurar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →