Where does “ciberseguridad” come from?

ciberseguridad (Spanish) comes from Spanish seguridad, 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.

ciberseguridad (Spanish): cybersecurity

Definitions

  1. cybersecurity

Ancestry of “ciberseguridad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishseguridadsafety; security; self-confidence
2Spanishsegurosecure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;...
3Old Spanishsegurosecure; safe
4Latinsēcūruscareless, negligent
5Latinsē-apart-; aside-; away
6Latinsexsix; 6
7Proto-Italicsekssix
8Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Latin sē-Every word from Proto-Italic seks