Where does “asigurare” come from?
asigurare (Romanian) comes from Romanian asigura, from Romanian sigur, from Greek σίγουρος, from Venetian seguro, from Latin sēcūrus, from Latin sē-, from Latin sex, from Proto-Italic seks — six.
asigurare (Romanian): assurance; insurance
Ancestry of “asigurare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | asigura | to ensure; to assure; to insure |
| 2 | Romanian | sigur | sure, confident, certain; safe, secure |
| 3 | Greek | σίγουρος | secure, certain |
| 4 | Venetian | seguro | safe, secure; certain |
| 5 | Latin | sēcūrus | — |
| 6 | Latin | sē- | — |
| 7 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |