Where does “suggellare” come from?
suggellare (Italian) comes from Italian suggello, from Vulgar Latin sugillum, 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.
suggellare (Italian): To seal something; To put the seal on; to set the...
Definitions
- To seal something; To put the seal on; to set the...
Ancestry of “suggellare”, step by step
suggellare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian suggello
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | suggello | seal; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | sugillum | — |
| 3 | Latin | sigillum | figurine, statuette; seal |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Latin sigillāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | sigillāre | — |