Where does “siguro” come from?
siguro (Tagalog) comes from Philippine Spanish seguro, 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.
siguro (Tagalog): maybe
Ancestry of “siguro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Philippine Spanish | seguro | — |
| 2 | Spanish | seguro | secure, safe; certain, sure, positive, definite;... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | seguro | — |
| 4 | Latin | sēcūrus | — |
| 5 | Latin | sē- | — |
| 6 | Latin | sex | six; 6 |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | seks | six |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |