seurté

See also: seürté

Old French

Alternative forms

  • seürté (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

Latin sēcūritās. Seurte is the origin of surety (n.) . 1300, "a guarantee, promise, pledge, an assurance," from Old French seurté "a promise, pledge, guarantee; assurance, confidence" (12c., Modern French sûreté), from Latin securitatem (nominative securitas) "freedom from care or danger, safety, security," from securus (see secure (adj.)). From late 14c. as "security, safety, stability; state of peace," also "certainty, certitude; confidence." Meaning "one who makes himself responsible for another" is from early 15c. Until 1966, the French national criminal police department was the Sûreté nationale. http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=seurte

Noun

seurté f (oblique plural seurtez, nominative singular seurté, nominative plural seurtez)

  1. sureness; certainty; guaranty; promise; pledge; assurance; freedom from care or danger; security

Descendants

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