Where does “secera” come from?
secera (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin sicilare, from Latin sīcīlis, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
secera (Romanian): sickle
Ancestry of “secera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | sicilare | present active infinitive of *sīcīlō |
| 2 | Latin | sīcīlis | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |