Where does “signet” come from?

Signet comes from Old French signet, from Latin signetum, from Latin signum meaning "sign" or "mark," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sek-.

signet (English): an object formerly used to impress a picture...

Definitions

  1. an object formerly used to impress a picture...

Ancestry of “signet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsignetsmall seal
2Latinsignētum—
3Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
4Proto-Italicseknomsign
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “signet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Italic seknom →Every word from Latin signum →