seco
Portuguese
/ˈse.ku/
adj
Definitions
- Devoid of liquids; dry
- Desiccated of fruits and plants that have been desiccated
- Withered
- (figurative) Insensible, apathetic, cold
- (of a person) Slender, thin
- (of a person) Unpolite, rude
- (of a place) Arid, desertic
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese seco 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
- reseco Spanish, Castilian
- secamente Spanish, Castilian
- seco Spanish, Castilian
- sequedad Spanish, Castilian
- sequísimo Spanish, Castilian
- ἰσχνός Ancient Greek
- ἵκω Ancient Greek
- *seyk- Proto-Indo-European
- secamente Portuguese
- secura Portuguese
- sequioso Portuguese
- *saihaz Proto-Germanic
- *sīganą Proto-Germanic
- sec Old French
- assecar Catalan, Valencian
- seca Galician
- seco Galician
- sec Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- sika Ido
- seco Old Portuguese
- sec Aromanian
- assecar Occitan
- schetg Romansh
- sec Romansh
- sech Romansh
- setg Romansh
- sitg Romansh
- sétg Romansh
- secu Asturian
- sec Old Occitan
- seku Papiamentu
- seku Kabuverdianu
- *sɨx Proto-Brythonic
- setch Walloon
- seku Guinea-Bissau Creole