Where does “insigne” come from?
insigne (Dutch) comes from French insigne, from Latin insigne, from Latin insignis, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
insigne (Dutch): an insignia, a badge
Definitions
- an insignia, a badge
Ancestry of “insigne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | insigne | remarkable, distinguished; a badge |
| 2 | Latin | insigne | a distinguishing mark, emblem, badge; an ensign,... |
| 3 | Latin | insignis | "fundamentally, differentiated from that which is... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |