Where does “significo” come from?
significo (Galician) comes from Galician significar, from Latin significō, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
significo (Galician): first-person singular present indicative of...
Definitions
- first-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “significo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | significar | to mean, signify; first/third-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | significō | to show, express, signify, point out |
| 3 | Latin | signum | visible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | seknom | sign |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |