Where does “significate” come from?
significate (Italian) comes from Italian significare, from Spanish significar, from Latin significō, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
significate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “significate”, step by step
significate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian significare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | significare | to mean, to signify; to spell |
| 2 | Spanish | significar | to signify; to mean; to stand out |
| 3 | Latin | significō | to show, express, signify, point out |
| 4 | Latin | signum | visible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | seknom | sign |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Italian significato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | significato | meaning, sense; importance, significance, value;... |