Where does “signet” come from?

signet (French) comes from Old French signet, from Latin signētum, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

signet (French): bookmark

Definitions

  1. bookmark

Ancestry of “signet”, step by step

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

Words derived from “signet”

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