sec
French
adj
Definitions
- dry
- dried, having had its moisture evaporated
- lean, thin, skinny
- (of alcohol) bitter, not sweet
- (of a person) harsh
Etymology
Inherited from Old French sec (dry) inherited from Latin siccus (dry) derived from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (reach, pour, grasp, wither, strain).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*seyk-
Gloss
reach, pour, grasp, wither, strain
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- rhinitis sicca English
- siccimeter English
- *siccina Latin
- *siccīna Latin
- dēsiccāre Latin
- dēsiccātus Latin
- siccesco Latin
- siccus Latin
- siccāre Latin
- secchezza Italian
- secco Italian
- sèchement French
- seco Spanish, Castilian
- ἰσχνός Ancient Greek
- ἵκω Ancient Greek
- *seyk- Proto-Indo-European
- *saihaz Proto-Germanic
- *sīganą Proto-Germanic
- sec Old French
- secheur Old French
- assecar Catalan, Valencian
- seca Galician
- seco Galician
- sec Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sika Ido
- saec Norman
- sé Norman
- seco Old Portuguese
- sec Aromanian
- assecar Occitan
- schetg Romansh
- sec Romansh
- sech Romansh
- setg Romansh
- sitg Romansh
- sétg Romansh
- secu Asturian
- sec Old Occitan
- *sɨx Proto-Brythonic
- setch Walloon