Where does “signer” come from?

signer (Old French) comes from Latin signō, from Latin signum, from Proto-Italic seknom, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

signer (Old French): to sign

Definitions

  1. to sign

Ancestry of “signer”, step by step

signer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin signō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsignōto mark, sign
2Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
3Proto-Italicseknomsign
4Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Latin signāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsignāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Italic seknom →Every word from Latin signum →