Where does “designation” come from?
designation (Middle French) comes from Latin designatio, from Latin designo, from Latin signo, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
Ancestry of “designation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | designatio | a designating, describing, marking out,... |
| 2 | Latin | designo | I mark; I trace out; I outline, describe |
| 3 | Latin | signo | I mark, sign; I seal, stamp; I statue |
| 4 | Latin | signum | visible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | seknom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “designation”