die Zuversicht

based on: sehen not used in plural

Meanings

the trust, the confidence

(The core idea is that you have a optimistic outlook on something. That is then "Zuversicht". It's usually used in specific contexts, not as a general description. )

Word Family tap to show/hide

Root: *seku̯-

The original sense of the root was:

following, pursuing

If we think of this in a context of hunting, we can easily see why how this root evolved into the words to see (from following with eyes) and to say (telling what you see). The connection of “to say” is debated, though.

The original sense of following is well preserved in the Latin branch around *sequi (to follow) with words like sequence, sect or execute.

Also the words around social likely belong to this family.
Here’s an (incomplete) list of the relatives in English:

social, associate, society… (“followers, going together”)
sequence, sequel, second, sect, segue (“what follows”)
pursue, persecute, prosecute (“going/come after”, basically prefix versions of the Latin base verb)
execute (to follow through)
to see (“follow with eyes”)
to say (“tell what you see”)