Etymology

secure

se·cure
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Today it means: Free from attack or danger; protected. Full definition →

Latin sēcūrus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsēcūrus“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”
  2. English todaysecure

Borrowed from Latin sēcūrus (“of persons, free from care, quiet, easy; in a bad sense, careless, reckless; of things, tranquil, also free from danger, safe, secure”), from sē- (“without”) + cūra (“care”); see cure. Doublet of sure and the now obsolete or dialectal sicker (“certain, safe”).

Words from the same roots

Latinsēcūrus all →

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