security
English
/sɪˈkjʊəɹəti/, /səˈkjɔɹ.ɪˌti/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The condition of not being threatened, especially physically, psychologically, emotionally, or financially.
- (countable) Something that secures.
- An organization or department responsible for providing security by enforcing laws, rules, and regulations as well as maintaining order.
- (legal) Something that secures the fulfillment of an obligation or law.
- (legal) Freedom from apprehension.
- (finance) A tradeable financial asset, such as a share of stock.
- (finance) Proof of ownership of stocks, bonds or other investment instruments.
- (finance) Property etc. temporarily relinquished to guarantee repayment of a loan.
- A guarantee.
- (obsolete) Carelessness; negligence.
Etymology
Suffix from English secure inherited from Middle English securite derived from Middle French securité derived from Latin sēcūritās, sēcūrus (secure, carefree, careless, without care, safe, unconcerned, unworried, worryless), cura (care, cure, medical attendance).
Origin
Latin
cura
Gloss
care, cure, medical attendance
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
治
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antisecurity English
- biosecure English
- biosecurity English
- countersecure English
- cryptosecurity English
- cybersecure English
- cybersecurity English
- e-security English
- insecure English
- neurosecurity English
- nonsecure English
- nonsecurity English
- presecurity English
- resecure English
- resecuritize English
- securability English
- securable English
- secure English
- securely English
- securement English
- secureness English
- securer English
- secureth English
- securitarian English
- securitization English
- securitize English
- securitizer English
- securitywise English
- securocracy English
- securocrat English
- self-secure English
- selfsecure English
- supersecure English
- ultrasecure English
- ultrasecurity English
- unsecure English
- *assecūrāre Latin
- cura Latin
- securitas Latin
- securus Latin
- sēcūritās Latin
- sēcūrus Latin
- sicuro Italian
- kur Norwegian Bokmål
- セキュリティ Japanese
- kur Norwegian Nynorsk
- securite Middle English
- cure Old French
- seurté Old French
- seür Old French
- segur Catalan, Valencian
- sigur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sekuritas Indonesian
- segur Welsh
- sigorta Turkish
- sigortacı Turkish
- securité Middle French
- *sikur gmw-pro
- سيغورته Ottoman Turkish
- segurar Old Portuguese
- seguro Old Portuguese
- segur Occitan
- *kʷoizā Proto-Italic
- sigûr Friulian
- seurté xno
- cura Ladin
- secure
- securer
- unsecure
- secureth
- securely
- resecure
- insecure
- securable
- nonsecure
- biosecure
- selfsecure
- securocrat
- secureness
- securement
- securitize
- e-security
- securitizer
- cybersecure
- supersecure
- securocracy
- self-secure
- biosecurity
- nonsecurity
- presecurity
- ultrasecure
- resecuritize
- securitywise
- securability
- securitarian
- antisecurity
- neurosecurity
- countersecure
- ultrasecurity
- cybersecurity
- securitization
- cryptosecurity