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Where does “sigillo” come from?

sigillo (Italian) comes 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.

sigillo (Italian): seal; first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. seal; first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “sigillo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsigillumfigurine, statuette; seal
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elos—
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “sigillo”

  • sigillografia
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