Where does “sigla” come from?
sigla (French) comes from French sigler, from French sigle, from Late Latin sigla, from Latin siglum, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
sigla (French): third-person singular past historic of sigler
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of sigler
Ancestry of “sigla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | sigler | to devise, use, of designate as an acronym or... |
| 2 | French | sigle | abbreviation; acronym or initialism |
| 3 | Late Latin | sigla | nominative plural of siglum; accusative plural of... |
| 4 | Latin | siglum | abbreviation |
| 5 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |