Etymology

securigera

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Today it means: Any leguminous flowering plant of the genus Securigera, known vernacularly alongside members of the genus Coronilla (from which this genus was separated) as crownvetches. Full definition →

Latin secūrigera ← Proto-Italic *gesō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵésti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-
  2. Latinsecūris
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ǵésti
  5. Proto-Italic*gesō
  6. Latingerō
  7. Latinsecūriger
  8. Latinsecūrigera
  9. English todaysecurigera

Borrowed from translingual Securigera, itself from Latin secūriger (“axebearing, axewielding”).

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