Etymograph

English

secretum

Secretum comes from Latin sēcrētum.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēcrētum1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1774secretum1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English secretum
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1774, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of : “A personal Seal having a secretum is unusual; with…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsēcrētumWiktionary, English secretum
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1774secretumWiktionary, English secretum. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1774, Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of : “A personal Seal having a secretum is unusual; with…”

Every English word from Latin sēcrētum

Today it means

noun A special seal used for private correspondence.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “secretum”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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