Etymograph

English

siccer

Siccer comes from Middle English siker ‘secure, safe, stable, certain’, and goes back to Old English sicer.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150sicer1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500siker1‘secure, safe, stable, certain’
  3. Englishtodaysiccer1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English siccer

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150sicerWiktionary, English siccer
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sikerWiktionary, English siccer‘secure, safe, stable, certain’
  3. EnglishtodaysiccerWiktionary, English siccer

The story

For more, see sicker.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Middle English siker ‘secure, safe, stable, certain’

sicker, 1 more

Today it means

adj —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “siccer”. 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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