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Where does “sigle” come from?

sigle (French) comes from Late Latin sigla, from Latin siglum, from Latin sigillum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

sigle (French): abbreviation; acronym or initialism

Definitions

  1. abbreviation; acronym or initialism

Ancestry of “sigle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinsiglanominative plural of siglum; accusative plural of...
2Latinsiglumabbreviation
3Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sigle”

  • sigla
  • sigler
  • Sigle
  • Sigelsuche
  • Sigel
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