The story
- Latin · derived fromsignum
- English todaysign of the cross
Words from the same roots
Latinsignum all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
sign of the cross
Today it means: A gesture of the hand moving over the front of one's body, or over an object, in the shape of a cross made as part of ritual or to invoke divine protection. Full definition →
Latin signum