Where does “presignify” come from?
presignify (English) comes from Latin praesignificare, from Latin significare, from Latin significo, from Latin -fico, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti — to do, put, place.
presignify (English): To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage
Definitions
- To intimate or signify beforehand; to presage
Ancestry of “presignify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | praesignificare | — |
| 2 | Latin | significare | inflection of significō:
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| 3 | Latin | significo | I show, express, signify, point out; I portend,... |
| 4 | Latin | -fico | Forms factitive, causative, or other verbs from... |
| 5 | Latin | facio | I do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | fakjō | to make |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *θakjō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰh₁k-yé-ti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |