English
siccar
Siccar comes from Middle English siker ‘secure, safe, stable, certain’, and goes back to Old English sicer.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sicer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500siker‘secure, safe, stable, certain’
- Englishtodaysiccar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sicer
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500siker‘secure, safe, stable, certain’
- Englishtodaysiccar
The story
For more, see sicker.
Linked words
through Middle English siker ‘secure, safe, stable, certain’
Today it means
adj —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English sicer / siccar