Where does “sekel” come from?

sekel (Swedish) comes from French siècle, from Middle French siecle, from Old French siecle, from Latin saeculum, from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- — to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

sekel (Swedish): a century

Definitions

  1. a century

Ancestry of “sekel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsièclecentury
2Middle Frenchsieclecentury
3Old Frenchsieclegeneration, lifetime; age, time; century
4Latinsaeculumrace, breed; generation, lifetime; the amount of...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₁-to impress, insert; to sow, to plant; long,...

Words derived from “sekel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₁- →Every word from Latin saeculum →Every word from Old French siecle →