security
/sɪˈkjʊɹəti/sih-KYUU-ruh-tee
/sɪˈkjʊɹəti/sih-KYUU-ruh-tee
Meaningthe state of being free from care
Common meaning: safety
Other meanings: protection
- seapart, aside
- curcare, concernLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 500 · scan
- itynoun ending: being so, the quality of
‘apart, aside’ + ‘care, concern’ → security
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*skaw-‘look, see, perceive, beware of’source
- Latincūra‘care, concern’
- Englishsecure‘safe’
- Englishformed in English from securesecurity‘safety’ · 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
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Formed in English from secure + -ity.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SECURE, p.538 · scan
Roots
- cūra Latin “care, concern”
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