Etymograph

English

sealing

Sealing comes from English seal ‘device’, from Latin sigillum ‘seal’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *segnom ‘sign’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*segnom‘sign’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsignum‘visible indication: sign, mark, signal’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsigillum‘seal’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400see
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sel
  6. English1500–presentseal‘device’
  7. Englishtodaysealing

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*segnom‘sign’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsignum‘visible indication: sign, mark, signal’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsigillum‘seal’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400see
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sel
  6. English1500–presentseal‘device’
  7. Englishtodaysealing

A compound of seal ‘device’ + -ing

Proto-Germanic *selhaz ‘seal (animal)’

Proto-West Germanic *selh ‘seal (animal)’

Old English seolh ‘seal (animal)’

Middle English sel ‘seal (pinniped)’

English seal

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sek- ‘to cut’

saw, risk, ship, sex, section, sexual, segment, sack, designation, scarlet, sawyer, insect, sax, sickle, het, scythe, dissect, sich, shingle, brassica, desiccation, sedge, seg, assignation, desiccant, 49 more

through Proto-Italic *segnom ‘sign’

design, significant, signal, significance, resign, assign, ensign, signify, insignia, signet, consign, signification, 15 more

through Latin signum ‘visible indication: sign, mark, signal’

sign, sain, 16 more

through Latin sigillum ‘seal’

sigil, 3 more

through Middle English sel

seel, 2 more

Another origin of sealing

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sek-‘to cut’uncertain
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*segnom‘sign’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsignum‘visible indication: sign, mark, signal’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsigillum‘seal’
  5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400see
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sel
  7. English1500–presentseal‘mammal’
  8. Englishtodaysealing

Today it means

adj Used for closing securely.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *segnom / sealing

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