Where does “signalement” come from?
signalement (French) comes from French signaler, from French signalé, from Italian segnalato, from Italian segnalare, from Italian segnale, from Late Latin signale, from Latin signālis, from Latin signum — to cut, cut off, sever.
signalement (French): physical description
Ancestry of “signalement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | signaler | to signal; to highlight, to notify, to bring to... |
| 2 | French | signalé | past participle of signaler |
| 3 | Italian | segnalato | past participle of segnalare; past participle of... |
| 4 | Italian | segnalare | to indicate or be a sign of; to signal; to report... |
| 5 | Italian | segnale | signal, sign |
| 6 | Late Latin | signale | — |
| 7 | Latin | signālis | — |
| 8 | Latin | signum | visible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | seknom | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “signalement”