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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 Spanishseguro—
2Latinsēcūrus—
3Latinsē-—
4Latinsexsix; 6
5Proto-Italicsekssix
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seguro”

  • seguramente
  • seguridad
  • asegurar
  • de seguro
  • asegurarse
  • seguro
  • siguro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →