Where does “signet” come from?

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

signet (Romanian): bookmark

Definitions

  1. bookmark

Ancestry of “signet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsignetbookmark
2Old Frenchsignetsmall seal
3Latinsignētum—
4Latinsignumvisible indication: sign, mark, signal; seal,...
5Proto-Italicseknomsign
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Italic seknom →Every word from Latin signum →