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Where does “seguro” come from?

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

seguro (Venetian): safe, secure; certain

Definitions

  1. safe, secure; certain

Ancestry of “seguro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēcūrus—
2Latinsē-—
3Latinsexsix; 6
4Proto-Italicsekssix
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

Words derived from “seguro”

  • σίγουρος
  • сигурен
  • asigurare
  • asigura
  • sigur
  • desigur
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