English

self-secure

From self- + secure.

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- ‘to heed’

Proto-Italic *kʷoizā ‘care’

Latin cūra ‘care’

Latin sēcūrus ‘of persons’

Today it means

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Etymograph / self-secure