Where does “secund” come from?
secund (Romanian) comes from French second, from Old French secunt, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
secund (Romanian): second
Definitions
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Ancestry of “secund”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | second | second; assistant, first mate |
| 2 | Old French | secunt | — |
| 3 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 4 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |