Where does “signo” come from?

signo (Esperanto) comes from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

signo (Esperanto): sign, signal; character, mark

Definitions

  1. sign, signal; character, mark

Ancestry of “signo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
2Proto-Italicseknomsign
3Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

Words derived from “signo”

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