English
obsignate
Obsignate comes from Latin obsignātus ‘sealed up’, from obsignō ‘to seal’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *segnom ‘sign’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*segnom‘sign’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*segnāōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsignō‘to mark, stamp, imprint’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobsignō‘to seal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobsignātus‘sealed up’perfect passive participle of obsignō
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678obsignate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*segnom‘sign’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*segnāōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsignō‘to mark, stamp, imprint’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobsignō‘to seal’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEobsignātus‘sealed up’perfect passive participle of obsignō
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1678obsignate
Earliest quotation: a. 1678, Isaac Barrow, (please specify the chapter name or sermon number): “As circumcision was a seal of the covenant made…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’
saw, sex, risk, section, ship, sexual, segment, sack, signal, significance, insect, scarlet, sawyer, sealing, sax, het, shingle, sickle, dissect, scythe, ensign, signify, insignia, sich, seg, sedge, signet, brassica, desiccation, desiccant, signification, 47 more
through Proto-Italic *segnom ‘sign’
significant, sign, seal, sigil, 19 more
through Proto-Italic *segnāō
designation, assignation, 4 more
through Latin signō ‘to mark, stamp, imprint’
Today it means
verb To seal or ratify.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *segnom / obsignate