Where does “seguro” come from?

seguro (Tagalog) 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.

seguro (Tagalog): insurance

Definitions

  1. insurance

Ancestry of “seguro”, 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 “seguro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs →Every word from Latin sē- →Every word from Proto-Italic seks →