The story
- Latin · derived fromsignum“sign”
- Old French · derived fromsignet“small seal”
- English todaysignet
From Old French signet (“small seal”), from Medieval Latin signētum, diminutive of Latin signum (“sign”).
Words from the same roots
Latinsignum all →
signsignalsignumsegnosign of the cross
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.