Where does “resigner” come from?

resigner (French) comes from French signer, from Old French seignier, from Latin signāre, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

resigner (French): to resign, re-sign

Definitions

  1. to resign, re-sign

Ancestry of “resigner”, step by step

resigner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French signer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsignerto sign
2Old Frenchseignier—
3Latinsignāre—
4Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
5Proto-Italicseknomsign
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Latin resigno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinresignoI unseal, open; I annul, cancel, invalidate,...
2Latinsignōto mark, sign

Words derived from “resigner”

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