The story
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
- Proto-Italic*sokjos
- Latinsokios
- Latinsocius
- Latinsocietā
- Old Frenchsocieté
- Middle Frenchsocieté
- English todaysociety
Borrowed from Middle French societé, from Old French societé, from Latin societās, societātem (“fellowship, association, alliance, union, community”), from socius (“associated, allied; partner, companion, ally”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo- (“companion”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). First attested in the 1530s.
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*sokʷ-yo- all →
socio-
Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ- all →
seesecondsagasegsequesterexecutrixsequelaconsociationsocio-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.