Where does “significado” come from?

significado (Galician) comes from Latin significatus, from Latin significō, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

significado (Galician): meaning; masculine singular past participle of...

Definitions

  1. meaning; masculine singular past participle of...

Ancestry of “significado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsignificatussignified, shown, expressed, indicated;...
2Latinsignificōto show, express, signify, point out
3Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
4Proto-Italicseknomsign
5Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek-Every word from Proto-Italic seknomEvery word from Latin signum