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"insurance" in seven languages

Meaninginsurance

Spanish

seguro

/seˈguɾo/

masc.inherited

Also the adjective 'safe, sure'.

French

assurance

/asyʁɑ̃s/

fem.other source · assurer, from Vulgar Latin *ASSECŪRĀRE (from SĒCŪRUS)

Italian

assicurazione

/assikuratˈtsjone/

fem.other source · assicurare, from Medieval Latin ASSECŪRĀRE (from SĒCŪRUS)

Portuguese

seguro

/seˈɡuɾu/

masc.inherited

Romanian

asigurare

/asiɡuˈrare/

fem.other source · long infinitive of asigura 'to insure', modelled on Italian assicurare / French assurer

Catalan

assegurança

/əsəɡuˈɾansə/

fem.other source · assegurar 'to insure', from Vulgar Latin *ASSECŪRĀRE (SĒCŪRUS)

English

insurance

/ɪnˈʃʊɹəns/

other source · insure, a variant of ensure (Old French, ultimately Latin SĒCŪRUS)

English → ItalianinsuranceassicurazioneNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: secure, security, sure.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

SĒCŪRUM‘free from care, safe (SĒ- + CŪRA)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish calls insurance simply 'the safe thing', el seguro. French and Italian made a verb 'to make safe' from the same SĒCŪRUS and named insurance after it; English sure is that word worn down in Old French.

English relatives: secure, security, sure

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In a sentence

  • es¿Tienes seguro de viaje?
  • frVous avez une assurance voyage ?
  • itHai un'assicurazione di viaggio?
  • ptVocê tem seguro de viagem?
  • roAi asigurare de călătorie?
  • caTens assegurança de viatge?
  • enDo you have travel insurance?

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