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Where does “resigner” come from?

resigner (Old French) comes from Latin resigno, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

resigner (Old French): to resign; to give up

Definitions

  1. to resign; to give up

Ancestry of “resigner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinresignoI unseal, open; I annul, cancel, invalidate,...
2Latinrĕ-—
3Latinprōdūcō—
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “resigner”

  • resign
  • resignment
  • resigner
  • resignee
  • resigneth
  • resignest
  • unresign
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