Where does “seguro” come from?

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

seguro (Spanish): secure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;...

Definitions

  1. secure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;...

Ancestry of “seguro”, step by step

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

Words derived from “seguro

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Latin sē-Every word from Proto-Italic seks
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