[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French secré, secret, from [[Latin]] secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, distinguish, from se- apart + cernere to sift | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French secré, secret, from [[Latin]] secretus, from past participle of secernere to separate, distinguish, from se- apart + cernere to sift |