Where does “asegurar” come from?

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

asegurar (Spanish): to secure; to assure; to claim, to maintain

Definitions

  1. to secure; to assure; to claim, to maintain

Ancestry of “asegurar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsegurosecure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;...
2Old Spanishsegurosecure; safe
3Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
4Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
5Latinsexsix; 6
6Proto-Italicsekssix
7Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “asegurar

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