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Where does “sigless” come from?

sigless (English) comes from English sig, from English signify, from Old French signifier, from Latin significāre, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

sigless (English): Without a sig

Definitions

  1. Without a sig

Ancestry of “sigless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsigA signature, especially on emails or newsgroup...
2EnglishsignifyTo create a sign out of something; To give a...
3Old Frenchsignifier—
4Latinsignificāre—
5Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
6Proto-Italicseknom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
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