insecure
/ˈɪnsəkjə/IN-suh-kyur
/ˈɪnsəkjɚ/IN-suh-kyur
Meaningnot free from care
Common meaning: not safe
Other meanings: lacking confidence
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- seapart, aside
- curecare, concernLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 500 · scan
‘in, into’ + ‘apart, aside’ + ‘care, concern’ → insecure
Journey through time
- Latininsecurus‘not safe’source
- Englishinsecure‘not safe’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin cūra ‘care, concern’.
Roots
- cūra Latin “care, concern”
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